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    Well we're going to trial. Despite what the conference judge told her (that shed reached the end of the gravy train) she refuses to settle.

    The main crux of her argument was that I needed to pay her $20,000 for her to go to school. I offered her $25,000, table cs, and 90% of extra expenses. And she turned it down! Even my lawyer, who's fantastic, was stunned!

    She wants $2000 ss for life (she's 36 and has received ss for 7 years for a seven year marriage), above table cs, and 50,000 to pay off the debt she's piled up since the divorce.

    At a trial, will my lawyer question her directly or does everything still go through the lawyers?

    Thanks

  • #2
    A 36 year old, that has received SS since she was 29 for a 7 year marriage, and wants more? Wow she would make a lot of other women be embarrassed for her.

    I'm curious - do you have an idea what her lawyer is telling her?

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    • #3
      SS for life? For a 7 year marriage?

      You pay her debts incurred SINCE separation?

      And she rejects a very reasonable offer?

      Judge is going to get out the paddle. There's a bitch slapping coming.

      Please advise trial dates and location. I gotta see this.

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      • #4
        I hope it's the big stingy paddle!
        I honestly don't know what her lawyer is telling her. In my dealings with him, he's been quite hard to deal with. I have a new lawyer then I had in the beginning. He's experienced and a damn good lawyer. And he says that in all his years of dealing with ex's lawyer, that he's never seen him be so unreasonable. His guess is that it's her being difficult. My opinion is that he sees a woman with a $240000.00 house, so he's guaranteed his payment, no matter what. So if she wants to take it to trial, why not? When we tried to work this out ourselves, she said that her lawyer would be verynangry with her for changing the original deal.
        So I really don't know what her lawyer is telling her.

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        • #5
          Aside from satisfying your curiosity, it doesn't really matter what the lawyer is telling her.

          It probably is true that it is her being difficult, but again it doesn't really matter.

          If she rejected a reasonable offer and loses at trial, that $240K house will also pay your legal bill.

          But that's sad consolation really. Who needs the aggravation and stress of going to trial?

          I'm guessing you will settle on the courthouse steps before trial at the latest.
          Her position is absurd.

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          • #6
            DDTE, I gotta ask it...anything happen to make you more cynical than usual of late??

            If she has a 250K house, it is not her lawyer telling her not to settle, it is her telling her lawyer...she wants...does not matter what anyone tells a person who has an entitlement issue what to do...lawyer, family, friends...does not matter when the "I am entitled to..." comes into the vocabulary...

            Unlike so many here, I blame the ex, not the ex's lawyer!

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            • #7
              I guess I wasn't clear enough.

              I completely agree that it is probably his ex that is being difficult.

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