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[quote=Anonymous]^^PP again.  I thought we would succeed in a collaborative process.  In the end, we spend thousands on the process ($60K) and got no resolution.  I really wish I had filed for a court date immediately.  Instead of wasting two years, the divorce would have been decided much quicker.  My ex finally settled on the eve of the trial.

He also threatened to drag my name through the mud.  You have to be really honest with yourself and be willing to hear some horrible things (mostly false, but a few grains of truth).  I really had nothing to hide, but he would have had a lot of his affairs and other things come up in court.  It probably would have affected his ability to secure employment in the future (which was in neither of our best interests).

In hindsight, the two things I would have done is file for divorce and get a court date immediately AND file an injunction that controlled his spending of our assets.  He spent down over $1.5M in our savings during the two years I waited for a settlement.  I should have been more aggressive in pursuing a court ruling to stop that.  However, I was told by my legal team that such an injunction was nearly impossible to win in my case.  Ultimately, the settlement did compensate me for some of his overspending.  [/quote]

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