What is the name of your state? TX
Hello. I'm currenlty in a Divorce, and it seems to keep on going and going. From my perspective, it looks like her lawyer is trying to drag the case out so she can get more money out of my soon to be ex-wife.
For example, my wife and I had a disagreement on the house settlement, my lawyer gave her lawyer and offer, after several weeks in which my lawyer tried getting in touch with her, we were bombarded with discovery paperwork requesting all our paperwork for 11 years of marriage. My wife told me she was unaware of this.
Her lawyer had made no attempt to contact my lawyer and discuss a settlement. Further, my wife did our bills and finances during our marriage, so discovery seemed like just a way of increasing the legal bill.
Finally we settled, and my lawyer modified the decree and sent it to her lawyer. We then heard nothing again for a month, only for her lawyer to call back and say her computer crashed and she needed another copy of the decree.
It's been four months since the divorce started. My question is that it seems to me at every step her lawyer is delaying things and rather than talk to my lawyer, does everything she can to prolong the situation or file paperwork needelessly.
Is this normal? I feel that her lawyer is just trying to get more money out of my wife...which also means more money from me because I have to pay my lawyer to answer everything.
Can I call and file a complaint against her lawyer?
What are my options to get the Divorce over with and not end up bankrupt?
Hello. I'm currenlty in a Divorce, and it seems to keep on going and going. From my perspective, it looks like her lawyer is trying to drag the case out so she can get more money out of my soon to be ex-wife.
For example, my wife and I had a disagreement on the house settlement, my lawyer gave her lawyer and offer, after several weeks in which my lawyer tried getting in touch with her, we were bombarded with discovery paperwork requesting all our paperwork for 11 years of marriage. My wife told me she was unaware of this.
Her lawyer had made no attempt to contact my lawyer and discuss a settlement. Further, my wife did our bills and finances during our marriage, so discovery seemed like just a way of increasing the legal bill.
Finally we settled, and my lawyer modified the decree and sent it to her lawyer. We then heard nothing again for a month, only for her lawyer to call back and say her computer crashed and she needed another copy of the decree.
It's been four months since the divorce started. My question is that it seems to me at every step her lawyer is delaying things and rather than talk to my lawyer, does everything she can to prolong the situation or file paperwork needelessly.
Is this normal? I feel that her lawyer is just trying to get more money out of my wife...which also means more money from me because I have to pay my lawyer to answer everything.
Can I call and file a complaint against her lawyer?
What are my options to get the Divorce over with and not end up bankrupt?