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If you added her name to the bank account, then she is half owner of the account and can legally claim rights to half.  Had you kept your premarital money in a separate account with only your name on it, then she would have no claim to it. The same applies to the truck, if it was titled in both your names, then it is half hers. When you place your separate non-marital assets in joint names, you essentially are giving a gift to the other person equal to half the value of the asset.  As for paying for living expenses, and her not working, that is unfortunate, but you would not have a claim for reimbursement of any of that. What you need to do is hire a divorce lawyer, and respond to her divorce petition, file a financial affidavit and sort out what is marital and what is your separate property. Hopefully you can resolve this at mediation.

The only way to get him out is to file for divorce and get all issues of possession and control of property decided in that case. In Colorado and most other states you do not need his "consent" to get divorced. Consult an attorney to discuss the situation in person.

You can have an attorney just look at your final agreement and review it to make sure you are not getting the short end of the stick. Many attorneys will do this for their hourly fee.