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michelle844
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i live in california. i left my husband in aug 99 after 7 months of marriage. he said he would file for divorce, which he did in sept. 99. he told me i should default when i received my papers so i didn't have to pay any money, so i did. after many months i found out that the rest of the paperwork had never been filed and the superior court only had records of the initial 'filing' for the divorce. in jan. he hired a new parralegal to complete the paper work. i singned the paper work with him feb. 12th. we did not fill out the paperwork about disputing properties. he said we didn't have anything to contest, or disppute, so we have to leave it blank. he was supposed to send the signed paperwork in to his parralegal and then they would send us papers in the mail that indicated the divorce to be final. he did not send in paperwork. after much procratination, and sevarl attempts to contact him, he finally called back on feb. 24, stating he wanted the diamond ring back or he would take me to court. my questions are as follows; does he have any rights to the ring? should i hire my own parralegal? can i file for divorce as well to make sure it actually happens? a year and a half has gone by and i am afraid he is not going to follow through. what should i do???