Gracie3787
Senior Member
Thanks for your advice. Oddly that afternoon the lawyer calls and says he had a settlement to fax. We told him to mail it. Odd he needed that tax return but was willing to settle without it. We have it now. The ex even took it to fed ex and overnighted it. Think he is shaking her down for money now as she had to pay half the attorney fees at the hearing. The settlement was he wanted 17% more alimony and an increse in the life ins policy. We will go to court if we have to as if he pays any more she will return every year. He is making less than when he was divorced and he will present well. He has a good friend who is an attorney but not family but his group is also helping with advice now.
The court reporter is a good idea and i will advise him. He also spent anafternoon re reading the entire court folder for original divorce.
If the judge is in bed with the lawyer no matter who he has he will not win.
You're right, if the Judge is determined, your fiance will be screwed. That's why it's soo important to have a court reporter, one, Judges know that they have to be careful if it's recorded, and two, if the Judge makes even one little mistake of law, it can be appealed.
Good luck, and please post and let us know how it goes.