My ex-wife and I are still on good terms but from the get go she did not really want to deal with the process (even though it was her wish to separte). She said, "Lets have the lawyers do it, that's what they are for." I thought the complete opposite, "Lawyers are self serving, and will milk every situation as much as they can."
Well, after 7 years and about $30,000 later for me (and probably the same for her) we are still nowhere finished with our separation. Now, I believe that she sees the light, and thinks like me, "Our money is best kept for our children, and not to be wasted on lawyers."
We will now finalize our separation on our own - enough with the nonsense. From what I read, many of us have walked the same old beaten path.
So, For those who are just getting into this, I think it would be good for them to read about how much the process can cost and how long it can take (not forgetting the fact that when lawyers get involved a lot of the common sense that real people have seems to dissappear from the equation, which adds to the frustruation).
Through this thread, I'm hoping that those couples who can still talk to eachother but want to separate, can consider using a simpler, less expensive approach than the one that many of us have chosen.
JDaddy
Well, after 7 years and about $30,000 later for me (and probably the same for her) we are still nowhere finished with our separation. Now, I believe that she sees the light, and thinks like me, "Our money is best kept for our children, and not to be wasted on lawyers."
We will now finalize our separation on our own - enough with the nonsense. From what I read, many of us have walked the same old beaten path.
So, For those who are just getting into this, I think it would be good for them to read about how much the process can cost and how long it can take (not forgetting the fact that when lawyers get involved a lot of the common sense that real people have seems to dissappear from the equation, which adds to the frustruation).
Through this thread, I'm hoping that those couples who can still talk to eachother but want to separate, can consider using a simpler, less expensive approach than the one that many of us have chosen.
JDaddy
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