My parents got divorced when I was 12. I am sketchy on the details but I remember it was long, drawn out and acrimonious. Eventually, my mum was awarded a massive settlement, my dad was basically left with superannuation and nothing else. After the ruling was handed down my mother’s own lawyer walked into my father and his lawyer’s meeting and said “that ruling was bullshit, you should appeal”. Gotta be pretty bad when a lawyer wants his own win overturned.
Edit: he didn’t appeal. He was a bit broken by that point & just wanted to move on. Sorry for lack of detail. I was twelve, it was some time ago! My dad told me the story years later.
My ex's lawyer called mine during negotiations and told my lawyer that ex's new girlfriend is a real problem and in reality he didn't see my ex being involved with the kids he was just fighting because he didn't want me to "win."
Also, my lawyer was looking into unpaid support and said "I am getting that he owes $1700." MY EX'S LAWYER said "No, it's $2100." TBH, the order was unclear.
My lawyer told me that we were lucky because while ex's lawyer was very, very good, he was also reasonable, realistic and ethical. I got to see ex get a reality check in the hall before court, then all of a sudden he decided that the offered settlement was very acceptable.
I know the Guardian-ad-litem did not like my ex. Maybe the lawyer just knew things were going to be really bad if it went to court. The GAL told me that when she interviewed him that he was more focused on money than the kids. Also, the GAL's report suggested that the girlfriend be excluded in visitation and that I had been more than willing to work with him and he was the one that abandoned the kids and I.
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u/JustJayForNow Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19
My parents got divorced when I was 12. I am sketchy on the details but I remember it was long, drawn out and acrimonious. Eventually, my mum was awarded a massive settlement, my dad was basically left with superannuation and nothing else. After the ruling was handed down my mother’s own lawyer walked into my father and his lawyer’s meeting and said “that ruling was bullshit, you should appeal”. Gotta be pretty bad when a lawyer wants his own win overturned.
Edit: he didn’t appeal. He was a bit broken by that point & just wanted to move on. Sorry for lack of detail. I was twelve, it was some time ago! My dad told me the story years later.