Answer to the Complaint  

I received the Answer to the Complaint yesterday and my stbx is asking has denied and requested "Strict Proof" 4 of the 8 complaints. Then he is asking that he be awarded "reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred in this matter".   I laughed his request off because he abandoned the home, then the state without my knowledge while I was attempting to execute the divorce papers. The only reason he was served is because I did investigative work to find out where he lived and worked. Otherwise, he'd gone on about his business as if he didn't have a wife in Alabama.   My question is, which document will be filed next in response to his answers and request for "proof". Also, how do I amend my original complaint to add adultery, marriage by deception (becasue of his sexuality) and mental cruelty? If I add adultery to I need to change my reason for divorce? I was hoping to leave it as irreconcilable differences with mental cruelty and adultery as mitigating circumstances.