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If you file for divorce and it is still being litigated for amost a year, are you at any point considered legally seperated?

David's answer | Answered on January 14, 2015

The only time you are considered "legally separated" is if you have a full-executed Separation Agreement or Stipulation of Settlement specifying...

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Divorce, is it wise to settle everything except for the claims against you for lawyers fees?

David's answer | Answered on January 14, 2015

One cannot responsibly answer this questions definitively, simply because it takes an assessment of your individual facts. The best way to do that...

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In a divorce settlement, if the spouse waives maintenance but puts the value of the waived maintenance in the child support.

David's answer | Answered on January 13, 2015

If you have the right language in the agreement, then the parties theoretically can agree to this. Whether they should do so or not would need an...

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Contested divorce, in your experience what percentage of lawyers fees has the more monied spouse paid for the less monied spous

David's answer | Answered on January 13, 2015

I have seen cases in which the Judge awards 100% of the counsel fees to be paid by the more monied spouse. There is no "average" percentage...

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Contested divorce, when one party believes that they hold all the cards if the case goes to trial.

David's answer | Answered on January 13, 2015

To answer this question with any degree of precision requires a full assessment of your individual facts. Basically you're asking whether you...

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I hear that you can submit a fraud petition within 4 years of when your divorce is over. Is that four years from the day

David's answer | Answered on January 13, 2015

If you are alleging fraud in the inducement of an agreement, then you should file to vacate the settlement as soon as the fraud is revealed. The...

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This is a modification of parenting plan issue. At a hearing for temp order the other party brought up the fact that I did not

David's answer | Answered on January 13, 2015

You'd need to file a motion/petition to modify, explaining your reasons. The quicker you move to modify, the more likely it'll be modified based...

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Contested divorce,cost of trial versed settelment

David's answer | Answered on January 12, 2015

It's all relative & no attorney on this forum can responsibly answer this with any degree of precision without knowing your individual facts. That...

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My contested divorce case is about to go to trial should i fire my lawyer and represent my self?

David's answer | Answered on January 12, 2015

"Ye who represents himself has a fool for a client." There's a reason why lawyers go to law school for 3 years and have numerous 1,000-page...

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In a contested divorce, for a proffesional degree what percentage value goes to the other spouse in equitable distrabution?

David's answer | Answered on January 12, 2015

If your wife made little in the way of direct contributions to enable you to earn the degree, then she'll likely be awarded somewhere in the range...