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In Reply to: RE: Unless it gets too contentious... posted by mkuller on March 02, 2015 at 15:14:47
...but my wife was not open to it.
Not sure if its the same in all states, but in CT you can ....
1. DIY.
2. Mediator.
3. Collaborative. This is with two lawyers, you all sign that you will play nice and be fair. If things don't work out you litigate and must get new lawyers.
4. Cooperative. This is with two lawyers and if things don't work out you litigate but are able to retain your lawyers.
5. Litigate.
CT is not a 50/50 state (wish it was), it is an "Equitable Distribution" state with "equitable" having a lot of latitude.
I called 7 lawyers, interviewed (met with) three. Least expensive was $450/hr, most expensive was $850/hr. Mine was $550/hr and worth it... she was superb.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Follow Ups:
Eesh I hope she got a LOT done in an hour.
As a side note - I think I'll start looking at the LSAT.
Go for it. I couple of law school mates were there as a result of their divorce. Another, a doctor, was there after being sued for a botched procedure. I was there because a lawyer told me I was "only an accountant" and not qualified to define a term in a document; they disagreed with my definition. A few years later a jury disagreed with their definition and agreed with mine the firm paid out close to $1,000,000.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
I always wished my dad had gone to law school. He was one of those people who remembered 80+% of everything he ever read. So back in the day working for the Canadian government when they allowed you to apply for a job by taking a test on the subject - my dad applied for a managing accounting position against two CGA/CMA holders. My dad was the only one who passed the exam and thus got hired. Today that would not happen because you need the degree in order to be allowed to take the exam and as in your situation he would be deemed "not qualified." People would always go to my dad for law questions as well - I wish I could remember 10% of stuff I read but I have more of a creative bent than my dad possessed.
I might be getting a bit old to start again in another field at this point but I will look into it. I quite enjoyed the business law course I took back in the 90s - it was the only business course I remember enjoying.
...thanks Dean.
I'll keep that in mind if it ever gets to that point, but I think if we were headed in that direction, it would have happened years ago.
A friend of mine has a theory about divorce - he says he just off her, claim it was the heat of passion and get to keep all his stuff.
Afraid my stuff isn't worth that...
Actually, let her make a division of property and you get to pick the pile you want first.
On more than one occasion I suggested this during settlement negotiations and things went pretty smoothly. If there was a dispute about valuation opposing counseling and I would tell our clients were could do an arbitration and the cost under the AAA structure was about $1500 per hour for the panel. Most of the time they came up with agreed to amounts on their own.
I mentioned my settlement system tl a judge one time and he ordered it. I found out later he started ordering it on a number of cases where the spouses could not agree and were going to leave it up to the court.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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