I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I totally saw this coming.
We have a pre-trial conference coming up mid-december. We're supposed to go to trial in Jan. My ex has fired his lawyer (shocking!) and is now going to ask for a delay since he says his lawyer failed to provide him with documentation that we had provided back in July. He's even filed a complaint against his lawyer with LSUC. *sigh*
My question is - what are his chances of getting the delay given the following:
Background:
He accuses me of stealing his portion of the proceeds of the home we sold 2 years before we separated.
Pre-litigation he requested all our bank statements from the time of sale to our separation. They were provided within 30 days of request.
In Jan, he filed with the courts. Before our case conference I supplied him with details of not just where the money went, but how the bills that were paid with that money were accrued (ie: credit card and bank statements showing how we wracked up the debt in the first place). It was 70% complete at that time.
In July, provided his lawyer with completed, detailed information on where the money went. Attended questioning with my ex in attendance and the binder was referenced SEVERAL TIMES (ie: my ex knew of it's existence).
In Oct, ex requested more bank statements. I provided the ones that were new requests and pointed him to the binder for the rest.
Now he's saying disclosure has not been met to his satisfaction and he wants a delay. Not sure what other documentation he wants because he hasn't made a request for anything.
He has been making the same accusation since BEFORE he started this litigation which has already gone almost 12 months yet he has yet to provide one piece of evidence to support his argument (he actually can't since his argument is bogus). On the other hand, I have provided 100's of pages of documentation in support of my defense.
Please, tell me he hasn't a hope in hell of delaying this trial. I'm worried the judge will feel bad for him now that he's self representing again.
Will the fact that he's filed a complaint support his request?
Oh, and FYI - he's the APPLICANT!
Thanks for weighing in!!!
We have a pre-trial conference coming up mid-december. We're supposed to go to trial in Jan. My ex has fired his lawyer (shocking!) and is now going to ask for a delay since he says his lawyer failed to provide him with documentation that we had provided back in July. He's even filed a complaint against his lawyer with LSUC. *sigh*
My question is - what are his chances of getting the delay given the following:
Background:
He accuses me of stealing his portion of the proceeds of the home we sold 2 years before we separated.
Pre-litigation he requested all our bank statements from the time of sale to our separation. They were provided within 30 days of request.
In Jan, he filed with the courts. Before our case conference I supplied him with details of not just where the money went, but how the bills that were paid with that money were accrued (ie: credit card and bank statements showing how we wracked up the debt in the first place). It was 70% complete at that time.
In July, provided his lawyer with completed, detailed information on where the money went. Attended questioning with my ex in attendance and the binder was referenced SEVERAL TIMES (ie: my ex knew of it's existence).
In Oct, ex requested more bank statements. I provided the ones that were new requests and pointed him to the binder for the rest.
Now he's saying disclosure has not been met to his satisfaction and he wants a delay. Not sure what other documentation he wants because he hasn't made a request for anything.
He has been making the same accusation since BEFORE he started this litigation which has already gone almost 12 months yet he has yet to provide one piece of evidence to support his argument (he actually can't since his argument is bogus). On the other hand, I have provided 100's of pages of documentation in support of my defense.
Please, tell me he hasn't a hope in hell of delaying this trial. I'm worried the judge will feel bad for him now that he's self representing again.
Will the fact that he's filed a complaint support his request?
Oh, and FYI - he's the APPLICANT!
Thanks for weighing in!!!
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