Need to amend divorce petition to include children: should we amend the existing petition or petition to discontinue and refile?

If you re-file you will have to pay a new filing fee and any deadlines will start over, so who needs that. Go ahead and amend.

Can the spouse (defendant's) lawyer in a divorce case restrict plaintiff from communicating with spouse during divorce case.

Yes the lawyer can ask, but without a court order there is no way to enforce the request. Then the question is: why? If there are children...

Ex will not sign the divorce papers

He does not need to sign anything. But you say that he has an attorney. Do you? If he does and you don't then you are at a severe disadvantage. ...

The bast way to do it is to do everything at once: all the schedules, the matrix, the certificate of credit counseling, credit advice statements,...

I need to locate the most current versions of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Forms;.

No, you need to get the most current forms possible, otherwise your filing will be rejected as deficient. I doubt that 2008 forms would be...

New mortgage after Chapter 7 bk

Given the passage of time, I don't know if it would be possible to re-open the bankrtuptcy, vacate the discharge, file the re-aff, get a new...

File the bankruptcy and "surrender" the house. Then it will be her problem.

Lost mortgage note, emerged from Ch. 13 bankruptcy, don't want house

The description is not clear. She should investigate the prospects of a deed in lieu of forclosure, or a short-sale.

In foreclosure should I file chapter 13 or 7

You don't live there, the property is not exempt and it's in forclosure. File the 7 and say good-bye.

It is ok as long as you are not doing this to transfer assets that would not otherwise be non-exempt. Let me put that another way: suppose you...