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You can sue for spousal abuse?  Shouldn't that be something for teh coppers

So your prior divorce papers that were filed said you were an abuser and you were to pay support?

 
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belljr said:
You can sue for spousal abuse?  Shouldn't that be something for teh coppers
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Can't call the cops when you punch your husband and break your own finger.

You can later lie and put it in the divorce papers as a reason for separation.

until it's revealed that the child belongs to another man and it blows up in your face

 
RokNRole said:
Can't call the cops when you punch your husband and break your own finger.

You can later lie and put it in the divorce papers as a reason for separation.

until it's revealed that the child belongs to another man and it blows up in your face
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Hope your finger feels better.

 
RokNRole said:
Yeah I was considering that as my next step I just often forget she even exists for weeks at a time.
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No doubt. I don't know how you keep track of these "events" in your life. You must have a spreadsheet of these things, so you can figure out when it is time to update one of your stories. Interest in the new job angle has died out, so it's time to resurrect the "crazy ex-wife I can't get divorced from" storyline. 

 
northern exposure said:
No doubt. I don't know how you keep track of these "events" in your life. You must have a spreadsheet of these things, so you can figure out when it is time to update one of your stories. Interest in the new job angle has died out, so it's time to resurrect the "crazy ex-wife I can't get divorced from" storyline. 
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Don't need a spreadsheet. I have long term memory.

My move to Dallas will be completed by Monday and rest assured I will be providing full updates on my Texas odyssey.

 
RokNRole said:
It's a minor nuisance at most.

I won the case he's just dragging his feet doing the paperwork.

I just want to get it over with. Not like I'm planning to marry again ever.
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I don't know your jurisdiction but in my jurisdiction, generally, it's on the prevailing party to prepare the paperwork. 

Also, what -fish- said. 

 
belljr said:
How can you be sued for child support uf you are married?
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My state actually allows for this if the child(ren) are receiving some sort of state aid because one of the married parents isn't providing adequate support. 

 
Yeah, this is weird and confusing.   I don't do family law, and I'm not adverse to unrepresented parties, but it would be extremely weird for me to go into any proceeding where me and the opposing side differ in the relief and expect the other side to draft my order for me if I win.  I would have a proposed order on file before I even argued my position.  At the very least, I'd understand that it is my responsibility to draft that order after I won.

If there was decree, I'm not even sure you'd need modified papers.  Was this a settlement? 

 
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Yeah, this is weird and confusing.   I don't do family law, and I'm not adverse to unrepresented parties, but it would be extremely weird for me to go into any proceeding where me and the opposing side differ in the relief and expect the other side to draft my order for me if I win.  I would have a proposed order on file before I even argued my position.  At the very least, I'd understand that it is my responsibility to draft that order after I won.

If there was decree, I'm not even sure you'd need modified papers.  Was this a settlement? 
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I do family law.  If this is that MC Gas Money guy, it's very possible this occurred in the jurisdiction that I practice family law.  Since the family law rules generally require a court to make specific findings of law and fact, and since the courts tend to do those orally on the record at the conclusion of the hearing, most attorney don't pre-lodge an order because the proposed order should include the court's specific findings of law and fact pursuant to certain statutory factors (and there are enough where an attorney can't reasonably predict the court's specific findings ahead of time).  That said, usually a court will order the prevailing party to prepare and lodge the proposed decree. 

However, I could see some rare circumstance, and I think I have even had it happen to me once, where a pro se litigant prevails in contested proceeding against an opposing party who is represented by counsel and, likely to ensure the proposed order is drafted correctly, the court still orders the side with the lawyer to do it.  However, I would imagine the court makes some sort of ruling on attorney's fees and specifically who should pay the attorney in the rare circumstance the court orders the losing side to incur the cost and expense of drafting the proposed order. 

 
Zow said:
I do family law.  If this is that MC Gas Money guy, it's very possible this occurred in the jurisdiction that I practice family law.  Since the family law rules generally require a court to make specific findings of law and fact, and since the courts tend to do those orally on the record at the conclusion of the hearing, most attorney don't pre-lodge an order because the proposed order should include the court's specific findings of law and fact pursuant to certain statutory factors (and there are enough where an attorney can't reasonably predict the court's specific findings ahead of time).  That said, usually a court will order the prevailing party to prepare and lodge the proposed decree. 

However, I could see some rare circumstance, and I think I have even had it happen to me once, where a pro se litigant prevails in contested proceeding against an opposing party who is represented by counsel and, likely to ensure the proposed order is drafted correctly, the court still orders the side with the lawyer to do it.  However, I would imagine the court makes some sort of ruling on attorney's fees and specifically who should pay the attorney in the rare circumstance the court orders the losing side to incur the cost and expense of drafting the proposed order. 
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So our hypothesis is that he prevailed in a divorce hearing with the judge ordering his wife's lawyer to prepare a modified decree.  And that he called that lawyer "every 2 to 3 months" and gets blown off without ever thinking to inform the Court that the modified decree it ordered hasn't been prepared? 

And this is MC Gas Money?  OK, I guess that's plausible.

 
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
So our hypothesis is that he prevailed in a divorce hearing with the judge ordering his wife's lawyer to prepare a modified decree.  And that he called that lawyer "every 2 to 3 months" and gets blown off without ever thinking to inform the Court that the modified decree it ordered hasn't been prepared? 

And this is MC Gas Money?  OK, I guess that's plausible.
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Yep. Sounds plausible to me. Also plausible if not likely the opposing counsel wasn't ordered to do anything and hasn't done why thing wrong. 

 
RokNRole said:
After winning the case roughly 3 years ago I am still waiting for amended divorce papers to sign from my ex wife's lawyer.

For over a year he keeps blowing me off despite being extremely patient. I call every 2-3 months and he tells me he will send them in a couple of weeks and doesn't do so.

what is my next course of action? Who do I complain to to get this finished?
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Well, the way I see it, is to first find a woman that would actually marry you.  Then worry about the inevitable...

 
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Yeah, this is weird and confusing.   I don't do family law, and I'm not adverse to unrepresented parties, but it would be extremely weird for me to go into any proceeding where me and the opposing side differ in the relief and expect the other side to draft my order for me if I win.  I would have a proposed order on file before I even argued my position.  At the very least, I'd understand that it is my responsibility to draft that order after I won.

If there was decree, I'm not even sure you'd need modified papers.  Was this a settlement? 
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She wants the divorce completed too which is why he's supposed to amend it.

knowing her she is too busy getting knocked up by random men and scoring heroin to stay on top of him which is why I try to.

 
Kafka said:
Well, the way I see it, is to first find a woman that would actually marry you.  Then worry about the inevitable...
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You can do better than this dude.

Dont have to rush. You have time to come up with something clever.

ill be here forever.

 
RokNRole said:
She wants the divorce completed too which is why he's supposed to amend it.

knowing her she is too busy getting knocked up by random men and scoring heroin to stay on top of him which is why I try to.
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So you're divorce decree has been pending for several years now and hasn't been signed by a judge?

 
RokNRole said:
It's a minor nuisance at most.

I won the case he's just dragging his feet doing the paperwork.

I just want to get it over with. Not like I'm planning to marry again ever.
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And women everywhere screamed in disappointment.

 
RokNRole said:
I'm waiting for the amended paperwork so I can get it signed, notarized and send it back to be completed
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Yes, I understand how the logistics of the process works. 

ETA: Forget it.  If you're who I think you are, I tried to gently help/point you in the right direction years ago when this all started and you didn't listen.  Just go on continuing making ridiculous internet postings about this instead of, you know, listening to a lawyer who practices the applicable type of law in the jurisdiction you're dealing with.  

 
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Zow said:
Yes, I understand how the logistics of the process works. 

ETA: Forget it.  If you're who I think you are, I tried to gently help/point you in the right direction years ago when this all started and you didn't listen.  Just go on continuing making ridiculous internet postings about this instead of, you know, listening to a lawyer who practices the applicable type of law in the jurisdiction you're dealing with.  
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I read your advice.

i called the guy again and he told me he will have it done in a couple of weeks. If he doesn't do it this time I'm reporting him to the bar and calling several times every day until it's done

 
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