My wife and I are filling for divorce and we have called around to a couple of places and found that even with a mediator it’s going to cost upwards of two thousand dollars and I was just wondering if anyone knows of a cheaper way to go about like if maybe health insurance would cover services or something. I’m filing in texas but living in north carolina
You actually CAN file for a divorce on your own. There are a few expenses, such as the filing fee. But you can typically find the forms you need at your courthouse’s website and print them out yourself. If you and your wife can come to an agreement, then it’s easier just to do it on your own without a lawyer. There may be a place in your area that will review your documents to make sure they are clear and concise and cannot be interpreted wrong.
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That is, acting as mediator between the two opposing partners to:
1)Save money
2)Make for a more amiable divorce
3)Keep the nastiness out of court
My husband and I are currently separated. We’ve been married for 17 yrs and have three kids. This lawyer, who had agreed to do this, is a mutual classmate from college days. So we both know her, but I for one haven’t seen her since those days. We were not friends in college but we were civil. Her roommate on the other hand used, to date my husband before I did. I don’t know if this lawyer is in touch with her friend.
She approached my husband about this mediator thing. She would act as lawyer for both of us. Should I trust her? Do you this is a good solution and has anyone ever done this before?
My husband has a lot of ghosts in the closet that he may not want to expose in court. He knows I have no income so maybe playing that against me as well. He has an arrest record for hitting me and he has a serious addiction to porn.
No, you should not trust her!
A mediator can be a good thing. A mediator is, in most cases, a lawyer but is not actually representing either party. A mediator in an unbiased party and is there to help you and your husband work out terms for property division; debt division; alimoney; child support; child custody, etc. It can save money to work through a mediator.
An attorney cannot adequately represent both parties. There is no way a divorce like you will have will be resolved with an agreement equally fair. It’s going to be unfair (maybe just slightly) to one party. You don’t want to get the short end of the stick.
It sounds like your husband and his friend want to bully you into settling the divorce as cheaply as possible—-for your husband. If you agree to this, you are making a HUGE mistake.
My ex and I mediated an agreement and we just have to process it through the court. For the most part the agreement is final and we ok with it. We have the self-help guide on how to process and dont want the mediator charging us anymore for filing. Just wondering if anybody did this on their own.
Yes, I did my divorce on my own. Uncontested divorces do not require a lawyer, only contested ones do.
I used a document prep service. I filled out this questionnaire and their paralegals used that information to prepare my divorce papers for me. I filed them and served a copy to my spouse and that was it. Really easy… would do it again in a heartbeat.
FindLaw provides legal information about Mediation and Collaborative Divorce. URL: www.findlaw.com
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