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  • Can I Offer after the Trial but before the Judgment?

    Hello

    My offers to my stbx all stated they were available until 1 minute into the Trial or until withdrawn. That means that they are too late to accept, correct?

    I am quite certain that some/many things will go my way. However, because I am self-representing and new at this, in hindsight, I didn't quite put things in the written submission (closing argument) that I would have liked (due to the space limitations imposed by the judge).

    I would like to do an offer to my stbx, which he may find much more acceptable now after squirming for a few weeks and and me besting him considerably at trial in every way.

    I just want that the dang thing over with and if I have to concede on some money things in order to get my life back on course sooner, then I think it's worth a shot. Our trial was done in Jan and submissions were filed by March 6.

    Has this be done before by anyone successfully? what is the deadline/cut off point when we don't know the weight for the judgement.

    I haven't quite figured out costs yet. I have an excellent case for bad faith.

    Any ideas, thoughts (positive and constructive/negative) are all acceptable and welcome please.

    Any stupid that I should be warned not to do?

    In a word...help...please !!!

    Thanks so very much

  • #2
    You say that you are self-representing? I can tell you this much, proving bad faith is extremely difficult even with proper documentation, judges aren't keen on punishing the offending party - no fault divorce and all that.

    If you can settle now with a reasonable settlement that you can live with, you're better staying out of court where things can go 'screwy' real fast.

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    • #3
      To correct my first post, I mean to say:

      "Has this be done before by anyone successfully? what is the deadline/cut off point when we don't know the date for the judgement."

      Janibel: It's bad faith, it's ugly, it's numerous emails entered into evidence that the stbx admitted under oath that he wrote.

      AS to the offer issues:
      - has anyone ever done this successfully, offered between trial and judgment?
      - what should I know, do, or don't do?

      Since judgment can take 6 months to come back, I should make my offer good for about 2 weeks or less, correct?

      I may include for him to pay some costs because he is at risk of paying my full costs (I had 2 lawyers previously so we're talking $35,000 or more).

      Or could I say that "here's the offer on what we agreed" and offer on consent to have the judge decide on costs?

      I am considering doing this so we all can move forward.

      I would appreciate all feedback here. Thank you
      Last edited by lancelot; 03-21-2015, 10:48 AM. Reason: fixing errors

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      • #4
        It's bad faith, it's ugly, it's numerous emails entered into evidence that the stbx admitted under oath that he wrote.

        AS to the offer issues"
        - has anyone ever done this successfully, offerred between trial and judgment?
        - what should I know, do, or don't do?

        Since judgment can take 6 months to come back, I should make my offer good for about 2 weeks or less, correct?

        I will include for him to pay some costs because he is at risk of paying my full costs (I had 2 lawyers previously so we're talking $35,000 or more). Or could I say that "here's the offer on what we agreed" and offer to agree on consent for us to have the judge decide on costs?

        I am considering doing this so we all can move forward.

        I would appreciate all feedback here. Thank you

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