gettingold
Junior Member
New York State
In NYS 2007 my wife and I had a separation agreement drawn up and she moved out.
In May of 2011 I received paperwork from my wifes new attorney she was pursuing a divorce.
In July we had a unsuccessful 4 way meeting w/ wife, myself and both attorneys this went nowhere and just intimidated and pissed off my wife.
Lots of billable hours later between attorneys I decided to contact my wife in an attempt to rectify issues and avoid litigation. We came to terms and by late November the attorneys had hashed out an amendment of our original separation agreement that was signed in 2007 and we both signed the agreement and returned to our attorneys.
Since December there is still lots of BILLABLE interactions between attorneys.
Stuff like:
Affidavit of plaintiff
Affidavit of defendant
Medical Insurance Statement DRL 177; and
Sworn Statement of Removal of Barriers to Remarriage
I had to pay my Attorney a $5,000 retainer in May to respond to the papers received. By October my I had exhausted the full amount and am currently over $3,000 in the hole w/ my Attorney..
In December after we signed the revised Separation agreement I was very candid with my attorney and said I have depleted my funds and can not afford to continue this and asked him do I really need you any more? He talked me into thinking I would be dumb to get rid of him now, penny wise and pound foolish.. Thinking we were just about there I thought ok lets wrap this up.. over $1,800 since the amendments to the Original Seperation agreement and counting.. When I question the interactions between attorneys I am told your wifes attorney didn’t include this form, or he needs to put this language into the Divorce papers or the court will reject it etc …
My attorney is an well known experienced matrimonial attoney and my wifes is a CPA/ Realestate/Elder Law Personal injury etc..
I do not really care if I get divorced today tomorrow or the next day, matter of fact our separation agreement stipulates I will pay my wife $xxx.oo per month in child support once the divorce in official.. In turn I will be allowed to remove her from my insurance.. Its actually cheaper to keep her on insurance then to pay the child support we agreed on..
What are the implications if I let my attorney go at this point? The finical information and child custody/support information has all been addressed in the signed Amendment to our Separation Agreement.
If her attorney forgets to submit something, cross a “T” or dot an “I” on some form he submits to the court I was thinking the court would reject it and he would make the correction and re-submit.
Do I even need an attorney at this point?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
In NYS 2007 my wife and I had a separation agreement drawn up and she moved out.
In May of 2011 I received paperwork from my wifes new attorney she was pursuing a divorce.
In July we had a unsuccessful 4 way meeting w/ wife, myself and both attorneys this went nowhere and just intimidated and pissed off my wife.
Lots of billable hours later between attorneys I decided to contact my wife in an attempt to rectify issues and avoid litigation. We came to terms and by late November the attorneys had hashed out an amendment of our original separation agreement that was signed in 2007 and we both signed the agreement and returned to our attorneys.
Since December there is still lots of BILLABLE interactions between attorneys.
Stuff like:
Affidavit of plaintiff
Affidavit of defendant
Medical Insurance Statement DRL 177; and
Sworn Statement of Removal of Barriers to Remarriage
I had to pay my Attorney a $5,000 retainer in May to respond to the papers received. By October my I had exhausted the full amount and am currently over $3,000 in the hole w/ my Attorney..
In December after we signed the revised Separation agreement I was very candid with my attorney and said I have depleted my funds and can not afford to continue this and asked him do I really need you any more? He talked me into thinking I would be dumb to get rid of him now, penny wise and pound foolish.. Thinking we were just about there I thought ok lets wrap this up.. over $1,800 since the amendments to the Original Seperation agreement and counting.. When I question the interactions between attorneys I am told your wifes attorney didn’t include this form, or he needs to put this language into the Divorce papers or the court will reject it etc …
My attorney is an well known experienced matrimonial attoney and my wifes is a CPA/ Realestate/Elder Law Personal injury etc..
I do not really care if I get divorced today tomorrow or the next day, matter of fact our separation agreement stipulates I will pay my wife $xxx.oo per month in child support once the divorce in official.. In turn I will be allowed to remove her from my insurance.. Its actually cheaper to keep her on insurance then to pay the child support we agreed on..
What are the implications if I let my attorney go at this point? The finical information and child custody/support information has all been addressed in the signed Amendment to our Separation Agreement.
If her attorney forgets to submit something, cross a “T” or dot an “I” on some form he submits to the court I was thinking the court would reject it and he would make the correction and re-submit.
Do I even need an attorney at this point?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?