Reply #7: I went through a bad, bad divorce [View All]

Part of it was my fault. I married not for love, but for the kid. Who is everything I ever dreamed about. She is wonderful.

The divorce nearly drove me crazy and cost me every penny I owned. And I HAD CUSTODY. Nothing about divorce is good. Period. It sucks and I found out too late, TAKE OVER YOUR OWN CASE. FIRE THE LAWYERS. GET RID OF THEM. Their only interest is in prolonging things to drive up the price. If there are no major issues, go pro se and demand your ex does too. Even if he won't, do it yourself and DEMAND TO GO TO TRIAL. Lawyers will delay all they can, at $250 and up an hour.

Believe me, once I took over my case, I humiliated them and won easily. They were scraping for dollars and the lawyer for the ex was specifically excluded from collecting fees from me OR the ex for unnecessarily delaying the trial. If you two can agree on the basics and write out a parenting plan, you can save the $130K I lost.