My lawyer had convinced me to try med/arb. It’s faster he said. It’s cheaper he said. You’ll be able to move on with your life sooner he said. Lies. Lies. Lies. It has now been just over 2 years since I stopped with the court proceedings and we switched to med arb. The other side or rather the “dark” side as I now refer to them has managed to stall, stall, stall once again. We don’t even have a mediation date!!!!!!!!!
They cancelled the last one 6 months ago because they needed more time for him to make financial disclosure ( you’d think after nearly a decade of litigation his lawyer would have his financial information).
... and yes we are less than 18 mos away from a decade of litigation with not one single issue including custody, access or visitation settled. I have sent umpteen severable offers to settle on ALL issues. To date the dark side has sent notta, zip, zero offers to settle. Not even any counter offers. My theory is that his lawyer is too busy milking his golden goose to even consider letting him
settle.
This ongoing bs is torture. Plain and simple psychological torture.
Rant over.
Questions
How long is med/arb supposed to take on average?
Since we haven’t even settled on a date after 2 years can I drop this hot potato and just walk over to family court and start another file? I want to move this
forward,
They cancelled the last one 6 months ago because they needed more time for him to make financial disclosure ( you’d think after nearly a decade of litigation his lawyer would have his financial information).
... and yes we are less than 18 mos away from a decade of litigation with not one single issue including custody, access or visitation settled. I have sent umpteen severable offers to settle on ALL issues. To date the dark side has sent notta, zip, zero offers to settle. Not even any counter offers. My theory is that his lawyer is too busy milking his golden goose to even consider letting him
settle.
This ongoing bs is torture. Plain and simple psychological torture.
Rant over.
Questions
How long is med/arb supposed to take on average?
Since we haven’t even settled on a date after 2 years can I drop this hot potato and just walk over to family court and start another file? I want to move this
forward,
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