These thoughts really didn't belong in the thread that provoked them, so I am starting a new one.
That is a common thing I see posted here. "If I had known then what I have since learned here, things would be better."
Then there is
That is probably the scariest thing about family law and this website. How is it that so many lawyers who sign off as having provided Independent Legal Advice don't do as good a job at advising their clients as we do for posters here? And few of us even have law backgrounds!
What good is ILA if people still don't understand the flaws in their agreements, and probably won't until they come into play years later? I suppose a good lawyer might say that it isn't their fault when clients don't listen. People hear what they want to hear sometimes. Bad legal advice can be worse than no legal advice at all, but people new to the family law system and going through emotional turmoil have no way to tell which is the bad advice! People trust their lawyers; most are not going to double check on the internet. The problem is that the agreements with no ILA can be reopened and the ones with bad ILA are stuck.
We really have to get on making that ODF separation agreement template we always talk about.
Originally posted by Wyntermcd
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Then there is
Originally posted by MovingOn123
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What good is ILA if people still don't understand the flaws in their agreements, and probably won't until they come into play years later? I suppose a good lawyer might say that it isn't their fault when clients don't listen. People hear what they want to hear sometimes. Bad legal advice can be worse than no legal advice at all, but people new to the family law system and going through emotional turmoil have no way to tell which is the bad advice! People trust their lawyers; most are not going to double check on the internet. The problem is that the agreements with no ILA can be reopened and the ones with bad ILA are stuck.
We really have to get on making that ODF separation agreement template we always talk about.
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