What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nevada
After years of arguements and abuse, I am finally getting a divorce from my psychotic, controlling, poor excuse for a husband. I tried and tried to get him to agree to a divorce, but he never would. After our last fight landed us both in jail, I decided I would never return to him again. I had to swallow my pride and beg a friend to give me a place to stay, until I could figure out what to do next. To my complete surprise, the man that would never agree to a divorce, served ME with divorce papers! And he wants it ALL. He is going for custody of the kids, giving me only supervised visitation, asking for child support.. Basically the whole nine yards. I had about 20 days to answer to his complaint, but he made sure I had no money, and I really had no other resources. I missed the time frame that I was given, but I did make sure to still file an answer. Better late than never, right? So now I have found out that there is a court date scheduled for a default plea hearing. I'm not sure what that means. I don't even know if I will need to attend this hearing, or what it entails. Has anyone been through something like this before? I can't be the first. I'm so confused on what to do, and how to handle all of this.
After years of arguements and abuse, I am finally getting a divorce from my psychotic, controlling, poor excuse for a husband. I tried and tried to get him to agree to a divorce, but he never would. After our last fight landed us both in jail, I decided I would never return to him again. I had to swallow my pride and beg a friend to give me a place to stay, until I could figure out what to do next. To my complete surprise, the man that would never agree to a divorce, served ME with divorce papers! And he wants it ALL. He is going for custody of the kids, giving me only supervised visitation, asking for child support.. Basically the whole nine yards. I had about 20 days to answer to his complaint, but he made sure I had no money, and I really had no other resources. I missed the time frame that I was given, but I did make sure to still file an answer. Better late than never, right? So now I have found out that there is a court date scheduled for a default plea hearing. I'm not sure what that means. I don't even know if I will need to attend this hearing, or what it entails. Has anyone been through something like this before? I can't be the first. I'm so confused on what to do, and how to handle all of this.