Re: attorney won't fight for my rights in divorce settlement

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Hi,
I am going through a similar situation with my mother.
Never take no for an answer and do your research.
There are ways to receive half of his pension. I belienve
that is done through a document called a quadra? The house
is a different story. My mother also has liens on the house
and if you get the whole house you will not really get the
entire house because there are still liens on the house and
you could not sell it. However, you are legally entitled to
50% of the house. YOu first must make sure that you are
cleared of any liens he has performed. This is a pain. Once
this happens the IRS can provide a "release of lien" for you
to sell the house and they will take his half of the
earnings.

20 years is a long time and you deserve to be taken care
of. Health insurance, Life Insurance, Social security,
pension and maintenance. This will not be easy and the
worst part is if he does not pay what he is ordered to pay.
Good luck and feel free to contact me from time to time.

Regards,

James S

On 1/18/03, nancy wrote:
> I'm an older woman, whose husband filed for divorce in the
> summer of 2002. I'm disabled to a large extent, and my
> medicine bill alone is $900 a month. I no longer have
> medical insurance because my husband took me off his
> policy when he left me for another woman. Now, it's time
> to go to court, and my attorney tells me that it's
> impossible for me to make my husband pay for my medical
> insurance, and impossible for me to get a part of my
> husband's pension from the fire dept. I was married to
> him for 20 years. The other woman broke up our marriage.
> I feel like suing her. In the divorce settlement, I'm
> supposed to get the house, although I can't afford to
> maintain the expenses on it. There are liens on the house
> because my husband got us into a whole lot of financial
> trouble because of his lifestyle. Consequently, because
> of our bad credit, the house insurance has skyrocketed,
> and I stand to lose any which way I turn. I'm not ready
> to settle this divorce yet, because I'm not satisfied at
> all with the settlement that my attorney wants me to
> take. I have paid him $1000, and he yells and screams at
> me, and is bullying me into settling for almost nothing.
> Please advise. I'm a nervous wreck.

Re: attorney won't fight for my rights, 8/05/03, by sharwinston.

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