Actually, items 3 and 4 are interrelated for they are both excuses as to why he would not try to get a job. He would fill out his required two applications online and receive his unemployment debit card.

He can work. He is not disabled. He may have a felony DUI, and that is a strike against him, but it is not a strike from fate - he is paying the price for being a drunkard.

Basically, the guy doesn't work, he lives with his mother and does not pay rent.

He does have enough money to buy beer, buy computer gadgets and spend hundreds on mitersaws and power washers.

Note, he was not a stay at home dad. He did have a job, even when he was on work release. He used to contribute to the household finances. It wasn't until he became unemployed and we moved into a house that he quit paying. It's because the state awards debit cards, not checks.

I could understand an individual requesting the attorney's fees be paid if one had contributed significant time and effort towards the marriage (like raising children, keeping house), but we haven't even been married 5 years and he did not cook, clean, take care of the baby. When he was unemployed and at home he didn't want to watch our daughter because she would get in his way.