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A portion of your husband's retirement is likely community property. The community property acquired during your 7 years of marriage belongs 50% to you and 50% to him. So, yes you are entitled to some percentage of his teacher's retirement. As far as who pays for the cost of the divorce, it is possible that your husband can be ordered to pay your attorney's fees, although most attorneys require an initial retainer to take you on as a client.

You will get information about legal fees when you meet with a lawyer. Some lawyers post their fees online, but fees are generally specific to each case. Some attorney charge flat fees and some charge a retainer and then bill their hourly rate, court costs and expenses against the retainer. There are also variations and hybrids of those fee arrangements.

First, you don't need to annul the first marriage in order to remarry the same person because you can remarry the same person as many times as you'd like! If your current immigration status is based on a marriage that was never valid, you need to arrange for a consultation with an immigration attorney right away to discuss your case in detail. If your current immigration status is not based on your marriage, I don't think this would cause any trouble with naturalization - you'll just need to explain the situation if you now have information that conflicts with information that was previously submitted.