soon2bstep
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What is the name of your state? tx/fl
we hired an atty...yes finally!
we found an atty who was willing to go inexpensive as long as we could keep it out of court, and we did.....i faxed him my fiance's divorce papers from california, from the original filing/service, to the finalized papers where she defaulted and that CA retained cs.....atty contacted her atty, her's was pi**sed off, acc'ing to our atty...she had no idea about this stuff( of course), and pulled the court date the night before.....we havent heard from the ex.....
her atty is letting her know these things have to happen, in order for her to avoid being looked at like an idiot in court:
1. SHE has to get all the papers from CA(which i just found the finals that we served her, that came back b/c she moved)
2:SHE has to do the paperwork to domesticate the CA decree, allowing FL to have the cs/cc stuff
3:her atty has pretty much let her know she didnt appreciate being lied to, and apparently is making her do the legwork...and of course not charging her.....
so we're hoping we can keep it out of court, until it all has to be signed and filed.....and hopefully we can take care of the cs/cc/vis at the same time, as she never addressed the latter 2 in her papers...
and they are setting aside the FL decree, as it has no merit and FL did not have jurisdiction @ time she filed, for CA had already ruled on it!
we know we'll be looking at looong court dates for the visitation though, b/c she feels the child (4 this wednesday) should NOT be removed from the county she resides in, but our atty is going to try and use the re-unification method, where we go there a few times, at first a few days for day time only visits, then a week with overnights, then back here to TX for 2 weeks, then hopefully set up a real schedule.....with fiance working offshore, our atty is going to try and put in the papers that i can return the child if neccessary, as sometimes fiance only gets 2 hrs notice to leave...but that if he'll be gone more than a week, i can return the child when the time comes, or if she/i agree that it suits "fatty babe's" best interests(this is the moms nickname for him, and it suits in a cute way, not obese!)
so, unless anything comes up that we cant ask our atty right off, i shouldnt be writing loooong hard to read posts anytime soon lol!
good thing, our atty only billed us for less than half the amt we gave him for a days worth of work! we gave 500, and he only took like 200!
go us!!!(actually me, b/c for some reason as a stepparent i'm only good as a secretary/personal asst/chaufuer lol
we hired an atty...yes finally!
we found an atty who was willing to go inexpensive as long as we could keep it out of court, and we did.....i faxed him my fiance's divorce papers from california, from the original filing/service, to the finalized papers where she defaulted and that CA retained cs.....atty contacted her atty, her's was pi**sed off, acc'ing to our atty...she had no idea about this stuff( of course), and pulled the court date the night before.....we havent heard from the ex.....
her atty is letting her know these things have to happen, in order for her to avoid being looked at like an idiot in court:
1. SHE has to get all the papers from CA(which i just found the finals that we served her, that came back b/c she moved)
2:SHE has to do the paperwork to domesticate the CA decree, allowing FL to have the cs/cc stuff
3:her atty has pretty much let her know she didnt appreciate being lied to, and apparently is making her do the legwork...and of course not charging her.....
so we're hoping we can keep it out of court, until it all has to be signed and filed.....and hopefully we can take care of the cs/cc/vis at the same time, as she never addressed the latter 2 in her papers...
and they are setting aside the FL decree, as it has no merit and FL did not have jurisdiction @ time she filed, for CA had already ruled on it!
we know we'll be looking at looong court dates for the visitation though, b/c she feels the child (4 this wednesday) should NOT be removed from the county she resides in, but our atty is going to try and use the re-unification method, where we go there a few times, at first a few days for day time only visits, then a week with overnights, then back here to TX for 2 weeks, then hopefully set up a real schedule.....with fiance working offshore, our atty is going to try and put in the papers that i can return the child if neccessary, as sometimes fiance only gets 2 hrs notice to leave...but that if he'll be gone more than a week, i can return the child when the time comes, or if she/i agree that it suits "fatty babe's" best interests(this is the moms nickname for him, and it suits in a cute way, not obese!)
so, unless anything comes up that we cant ask our atty right off, i shouldnt be writing loooong hard to read posts anytime soon lol!
good thing, our atty only billed us for less than half the amt we gave him for a days worth of work! we gave 500, and he only took like 200!
go us!!!(actually me, b/c for some reason as a stepparent i'm only good as a secretary/personal asst/chaufuer lol