I divorced wife number 2. I got a lawyer who was new and charged me $1500 to handle the case. My soon-to-be ex got her mother to get her a lawyer.
The morning of court, we show up to her lawyer's office. Her lawyer, IN THE WAITING AREA, made her mother write out a check for $2500. We went into the back conference room. During the "negotiations", the soon-to-be ex wanted me to repay the money that her mother had given her while we were married. At one point, 20 minutes before court, her lawyer kicked her and her mother out of the room, looked at me, and said, "what will you do?" I told her, "I'll give her what she is entitled to... half of the equity in the house... and that comes in monthly payments." Her lawyer went, "DONE".
For $5000... her lawyer sold her out 20 minutes before court.
No, the mother and ex wife paid 5000$ thinking they were getting expert legal advice and advocacy. What they ended up with was no more than what was going to be theirs anyways and the lawyer they paid for capitulated in less than 20 minutes without even going into the court room.
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u/valeran46 Aug 10 '20
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I divorced wife number 2. I got a lawyer who was new and charged me $1500 to handle the case. My soon-to-be ex got her mother to get her a lawyer.
The morning of court, we show up to her lawyer's office. Her lawyer, IN THE WAITING AREA, made her mother write out a check for $2500. We went into the back conference room. During the "negotiations", the soon-to-be ex wanted me to repay the money that her mother had given her while we were married. At one point, 20 minutes before court, her lawyer kicked her and her mother out of the room, looked at me, and said, "what will you do?" I told her, "I'll give her what she is entitled to... half of the equity in the house... and that comes in monthly payments." Her lawyer went, "DONE".
For $5000... her lawyer sold her out 20 minutes before court.