Divorce agreement question

[Chad99_2002]

What is the name of your state? Oklahoma

Hello, have a question really doesn't pertain to me , but to my father. He was married to a women, less than a year, filled for divorce. After they filled they got back together, then she accused him of domestic violence and had a restraining order filled against him. So, he has been trying for months to get the divorce done, off the original divorce filing, had a court date last Thrusday. My father never went into the court room, and never sighed anything, but he thought his current lawyer have made an agreement to settle with her for $5,000 and drop all charges. Tuesday his lawyer told him there was no such agreement made, so my father wanted to cancel the agreement. His lawyer is now telling him everything is final and there is no way to reopen negotiations or he will go to jail if he doesn't pay. One other part is he calls his lawyer, Tuesday tells him he wanted to talk about the agreement, lawyer responses in a text, "agreement will be all cancelled."

My question is, can this agreement be final, was never seen before a judge, he never had signed anything partaning to the agreement. Can he have another consultation with a different lawyer, without firing the other one first?

 

[Zigner]

Your father needs to speak to his attorney. There is no way any of us (random strangers on the internet) can have the information required to make any sort of intelligent statement about this.

 

[not2cleverRed]

What is the name of your state? Oklahoma

Hello, have a question really doesn't pertain to me , but to my father. He was married to a women, less than a year, filled for divorce. After they filled they got back together, then she accused him of domestic violence and had a restraining order filled against him. So, he has been trying for months to get the divorce done, off the original divorce filing, had a court date last Thrusday. My father never went into the court room, and never sighed anything, but he thought his current lawyer have made an agreement to settle with her for $5,000 and drop all charges. Tuesday his lawyer told him there was no such agreement made, so my father wanted to cancel the agreement. His lawyer is now telling him everything is final and there is no way to reopen negotiations or he will go to jail if he doesn't pay. One other part is he calls his lawyer, Tuesday tells him he wanted to talk about the agreement, lawyer responses in a text, "agreement will be all cancelled."

My question is, can this agreement be final, was never seen before a judge, he never had signed anything partaning to the agreement. Can he have another consultation with a different lawyer, without firing the other one first?

This sounds an awful lot like paying someone to drop charges...

 

[Just Blue]

This sounds an awful lot like paying someone to drop charges...

Which would be a crime.

 

[not2cleverRed]

Which would be a crime.

Yep.

Which is probably why the lawyer wouldn't have a record of any such agreement.

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state? Oklahoma

Hello, have a question really doesn't pertain to me , but to my father. He was married to a women, less than a year, filled for divorce. After they filled they got back together, then she accused him of domestic violence and had a restraining order filled against him. So, he has been trying for months to get the divorce done, off the original divorce filing, had a court date last Thrusday. My father never went into the court room, and never sighed anything, but he thought his current lawyer have made an agreement to settle with her for $5,000 and drop all charges. Tuesday his lawyer told him there was no such agreement made, so my father wanted to cancel the agreement. His lawyer is now telling him everything is final and there is no way to reopen negotiations or he will go to jail if he doesn't pay. One other part is he calls his lawyer, Tuesday tells him he wanted to talk about the agreement, lawyer responses in a text, "agreement will be all cancelled."

My question is, can this agreement be final, was never seen before a judge, he never had signed anything partaning to the agreement. Can he have another consultation with a different lawyer, without firing the other one first?

Of course he can get a consult with another lawyer without firing the other one first. It would also probably be a good idea to do so. Based on what you are saying, it appears that his lawyer is waffling back and forth as to whether they agreement is a done deal or not.