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State ordered laws?

I spoke with a man yesterday who told me that his wife settled two hours before the trial because she didn't want all of her dirty laundry aired before everyone. He said she just went with what the state law was which was half of everything. Does that mean paycheck also? What exactly does that mean?

I don't want my dirty laundry aired either and my court date is in less than two weeks and I'm terrified! Can I just settle for the state ordered laws? Did I not even need an attorney? I am really confused. I am so afraid of not getting maintenance because I was told that it is hard to get maintenance in St. Charles County as opposed to St. Louis County. Any truth to that?

by nanster 46 Posts
Posted on 8/22/2009 8:50 PM

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Dirty laundry? How much money are you willing to throw away to accomplish this? And to whom do you think your dirty laundry will be aired? I can't imagine you've got that much to hide.

I don't know with whom you're speaking, but I fear that you need to get some more information, ASAP. From an attorney well versed in divorce.

Half of everything likely refers to marital property only,and even determining what exactly that is can get complicated. I don't believe it has ANYTHING to do with support. That's determined based on your vs. his income during the marriage, etc., by the court.

You NEED to know this information cold. It can potentially effect you for many years to come.

The other stuff about where you live, some guy told you this or that, etc., is meaningless. I'm sure the judge won't care that you asked your best friends' brother's husband who has a good friend that was going to be a lawyer as an undergrad...and got the wrong information.

I really think you should stop taking advice from anyone but your attorney. Not hiring one this late into the game is a potentially big and VERY costly mistake.

Denial will only get you so far; this is that point, I fear.

by Natalie 729 Posts
Posted on 8/24/2009 6:19 PM

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