Hello All,
First post on here.
I've been separated for a year and it's been a complete stall game by the other side.
I left the home in April 2013. I started paying Child Support right away.
Parenting arrangement has been a complete struggle but after much gong, finally transitioned to 50/50.
So now we deal with MPA.
In May 2013 she indicated she would be buying me out of the home (Via her lawyer).
Since then nothing has happened. So this past month I fired my lawyer and self represented.
I put in a general application for a court date here in Edmonton to 1) Get an appraisal of the house and 2) Divide all assets/debts equally.
Well that got the ball rolling so I was finally allowed to get an accredited appraiser and Real Estate Agent to do an appraisal. They were within 10K of one another, so in order to get the process going, I took the Appraiser value (10K less) and sent her lawyer a letter outlining the appraisal and division.
The Court date, in the meantime, had to be changed since her lawyer wasn't "available". Fine One reschedule is typical.
So our new court date is April 24th.
I received a letter yesterday from her lawyer saying she has not had time to review the appraisal or asset/debt split (50/50 of course as per MPA) and wants me to reschedule AGAIN.
Her Lawyer also says the court won't even divide the MP on a final basis.
I called the Family law info center this morning and they said it's up to the courts what they want to do so the lawyer really can't say that.
Her lawyer said I should adjourn the court date and then we can "Work on a final agreement with respect to matters of property".
Okay so my question is what do I do? Given...
-They have stalled since May 2013 even to get an appraisal done (numerous attempts).
-I've gotten the appraisal done and now they conveniently say they don;t have time to review the appraisal. The court date is April 24h. I sent all the documents on April 14th (Appraisal and proposed debt/asset split). That is 10 days prior to court.
-I am not contesting anything, a few thousand this way or that way I really don't care, if she is truly buying me out she can't hold me hostage as I am wanting to purchase my own home with the funds received..
Any advice???
Her Lawyer is a bully but in the past month I've called her out on a number of lies and she seems to back down.
I DO NOT want to go to court on April 24th and get it Adjourned if rescheduling simply 5 days later with a supplementary affidavit with more supportive evidence would be better.
First post on here.
I've been separated for a year and it's been a complete stall game by the other side.
I left the home in April 2013. I started paying Child Support right away.
Parenting arrangement has been a complete struggle but after much gong, finally transitioned to 50/50.
So now we deal with MPA.
In May 2013 she indicated she would be buying me out of the home (Via her lawyer).
Since then nothing has happened. So this past month I fired my lawyer and self represented.
I put in a general application for a court date here in Edmonton to 1) Get an appraisal of the house and 2) Divide all assets/debts equally.
Well that got the ball rolling so I was finally allowed to get an accredited appraiser and Real Estate Agent to do an appraisal. They were within 10K of one another, so in order to get the process going, I took the Appraiser value (10K less) and sent her lawyer a letter outlining the appraisal and division.
The Court date, in the meantime, had to be changed since her lawyer wasn't "available". Fine One reschedule is typical.
So our new court date is April 24th.
I received a letter yesterday from her lawyer saying she has not had time to review the appraisal or asset/debt split (50/50 of course as per MPA) and wants me to reschedule AGAIN.
Her Lawyer also says the court won't even divide the MP on a final basis.
I called the Family law info center this morning and they said it's up to the courts what they want to do so the lawyer really can't say that.
Her lawyer said I should adjourn the court date and then we can "Work on a final agreement with respect to matters of property".
Okay so my question is what do I do? Given...
-They have stalled since May 2013 even to get an appraisal done (numerous attempts).
-I've gotten the appraisal done and now they conveniently say they don;t have time to review the appraisal. The court date is April 24h. I sent all the documents on April 14th (Appraisal and proposed debt/asset split). That is 10 days prior to court.
-I am not contesting anything, a few thousand this way or that way I really don't care, if she is truly buying me out she can't hold me hostage as I am wanting to purchase my own home with the funds received..
Any advice???
Her Lawyer is a bully but in the past month I've called her out on a number of lies and she seems to back down.
I DO NOT want to go to court on April 24th and get it Adjourned if rescheduling simply 5 days later with a supplementary affidavit with more supportive evidence would be better.
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