My husband and I have been divorced for a while and our separation was a nightmare because we both wanted our teenage children. Now our kids have finished college and our son and his girlfriend are thinking about getting married. They have been working on a prenuptial agreement for a long time and have even consulted with three different attorneys without success. The lawyers and everyone else we have talked with said that contract law can never be stronger than state law or federal law. If this is true, then why do people even bother with prenups? What should I tell my son?

The divorce papers were self filed. A case # was assigned. Then attorneys were hired and all documents superseded original papers filed. I have a case # from the original papers but it does not come up under a search of court cases.

I entered into "contractual alimony" 3 years ago when my husband,and I, divorced. This was actually property division. My attorney neglected to explain, I didn’t have much recourse for obtaining these payments if my X "appeared bankrupt," and persuaded me to agree to these terms, because of my mounting legal fees (my Xhusband so generously took care of all legal fees related to the divorce.)
We live in Texas and had a very large estate, which, somehow, the vast majority of, was never revealed by my attorneys. I feared at the time of divorce he would do exactly what has now happened. He owns his own business in Texas and throughout the US, as well as worldwide. My xhusband feared I would be asking for a review of the divorce based on fraud. He managed to defraud me out of a huge portion of assets, scattered worldwide. Within the US, assets were strategically placed under the companies he supplies in materials. As part of a network buyer program. He has worked these last 3 years on moving all assets, (pleading a fraudulent bankruptcy) within the US, out of the country "umbrella’d" under an overseas trust we created long ago..during our marriage. (This trust was set up by his German aunt, who has since died.)
He has worked diligently on expanding his overseas business, and arranging numerous new trusts under the one that existed during our marriage (he claimed the trust when his aunt passed, and does not have the ability to close it. Only create more trusts underneath of it. I now know this was done during our seperation.) Obviously, my attorney neglected to ever unveil our "real net worth" during the divorce. These last 3 years he has carefully managed to appear as though he has nearly no assets in the US, or what he does have are "protected assets" under Texas law. He appears totally "busted." Needless to say, I was supposed to be paid over many years for our arranged "contractual alimony," (property division,) and he has stopped all payments. I am struggling at the moment to get a judgment. I am hopeful to gain this at my next court hearing. But, this judgment wonn’t do me a lot of good, unless, I know where to collect overseas assets. I have gained a lot of evidence of these overseas assets, but, I have exhausted my savings in a custody battle. As well as, legal fees related to the divorce. Of course, I always planned to get back in the workforce myself. But, after the turmoil inflicted on myself, and my children (as a result of his abusive ways, and the length of time involved in our agonizing divorce,) I planned these life changes around the "contractual alimony" agreement. I am speaking with various legal professionals, but if anyone would have something to offer I would greatly appreciate it…..Much gratitude:)

we have a separation agreement and both agree on everything. I was told our next step is to give deposition
in front of a notary. Could someone tell me how I would go
about doing this. We have no children and have been
separated since august 2006. We are trying to do this
without attorneys. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am hoping to save some money on a prenup. I noticed many sites that offer free prenups. I live in California. Do I really have to get actual attorneys involved or can this be sufficient?

This matter involves the Hague Petition, and thirteen countries that are in agreement with the US, to have childrn returned. The problem is really, my child was born in America, lived in France for 3 years, has dual citizenship, and now is considered French in France. It is based on habitual residency, not nationality.The situation is appaulling and slow to move. If you have a similiar experience to share, please do. There are currently 21 cases of international child custody in France involving the US. It is a new agreement only being signed into law in 1996. We have attorneys that specialize in this, but in France, we are in another ballpark. I have faith that it will work out, but considered posting something to see if there are others going through it as well… your feedback is welcomed.
I am looking for someone who has been through an Interational custody battle to give me some heads up. If this is you, plase leave your advice as well as story. Thanks…

There are no attorneys involved. The Petition was filed in May. OSC re support has been heard and order made. There are no other issues to resolve. What papers need to be file to get the divorce final and all parties legally single? I hope someone can help. Thank you.

I have had visitation with my three grands since 2001 every month sometimes twice a month until last month. My drama queen daughter Janet has stopped this now. Any attorneys open for advice or available to help a grandmother on disability to get these children back into the life they were used too.

Does it keep currency circulating better? Does it stabilize society?
Does it help to make attorneys wealthy? Does it enslave the male population?

I decided to end a long marriage in September 2009. That’s when we separated and papers were served on my ex. He refuses to sign the papers. See, one of the reasons I left was because for the past 10 years he has only tried for minimal jobs. We relocated from CA to PA. I think he came here to retire and I was the last to know.

Anyway, in PA if one spouse won’t sign the divorce papers, PA law makes it linger for 2 years. If 2 years have passed, then a Master goes in and makes the divorce final … which leads to my question.

At a meeting among the 4 of us … he and I, and our attorneys … I asked the question: I want to start dating now. Is it legally ok for me to date even though the divorce isn’t final? They both answered yes, that it is.

I have found a man I’d like to date. We’ve hit it off on all levels. We both enjoy running in marathons, hiking, just to name a couple of things. However, he joined a support group from a church about marriage, divorce and separation, and it seems that it’s the elders’ opinion from the church that it would be immoral for him to date me since the divorce isn’t final. The opinions from the general group were varied.

So my question is: In your opinion in my case, where I’m trapped until Sept. of 2011, is it immoral to date?

Thank you for your thoughts