long story short i am getting a divorce from my husband. he left me for another woman. i want the divorce done and over with. but i was a stay at home mom and have no money. i was wondering if there are any porgrams that will help you pay for it. we have no disagreements that we are not working out on our own, so i don't see why i need a lawyer. but the sooner i can get a divorce, the sooner i can get my life started again...
another long short made short--I moved out in 1997 while I was pregnant with my 7th kid...moved into a homeless shelter. A week later I got a job and paid for my own divorce. Never got a lawyer either...just had to go thru some class ordered by court to supposedly help all the kids handle the divorce....only the parents go thru this class.
help you with the divorce itself? i am not sure if it is the same in all states, but i got a 'pro bono' ie free, lawyer. you can apply to get one based on your income, but the wait may take a while. you might want to look into doing it yourself and seeing if it's workable...
((((((((((mrs_eads80)))))))))) I am so sorry he turned out to be so awful! I don't know a lot about divorce, but from what little I do know, you NEED a lawyer, and not the same lawyer as he has. If you are destitute, there are pro bono lawyers which can take your case, but in most places, you do have to pay something. One piece advice, HE CHEATED, do NOT choose a "no fault divorce" things will go better for you if the judge know SOMEONE is at fault. In many cases, cheaters actually end up paying BOTH lawyers, as well they should. Good luck, sweetie.
Ýeah definately take your own lawyer. This will make things a lot easier for you. Even though laws in the US are probably different then here, in germany people have the choice of one lawyer for both, or each their own. My parents made the fault of taking one together. 90 % of the divorces, maybe even more, tend to get kind of dirty and tricky, even though you started on a nice base of sharing a lawyer. My dad did a lot of evil things to my mom behind her back. And this would have been a lot easier if she did have her own lawyer from the start. It may sound expensive now, but it's probably cheaper in the long run. Good luck!!! And one last thing: please talk to the kids, but no details. Tell them what you have to tell. But no details. Please. I was the oldest, and my mom told me everything, I am so grown up (I was 16 when it all started) and I understand everything, and the treaded me like a friend. Don't do that to your kids. I know details that I would love to not know. It made my dad look bad, in a way that doesn't have to be. It took a long time until I was able to look in his eyes and appreciate him as a father again. (He never was a bad father, just a bad husband...)
