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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going to trial in a divorce is so incredibly financially dumb. Unless he is worth millions and you stand to lose millions. Otherwise, settle and be done.

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I had to go to trial because my ex was hiding significant assets and refused to reach a settlement approaching an even split.  My very good lawyer gave mediation for a couple of hours, then told me to be done and go to court.  The whole thing was insanely expensive, but unavoidable under the circumstances, and we did have millions. Instead of forcing a sale of everything, the judge agreed with a proposal from my lawyer to split assets. [/quote]

Not to be a bit?h but everyone wants to think their lawyer is ‘the best’ but frankly one mediation session is ridiculous and no reason to go to trial other than he made tens of thousands of dollars off you instead of five figures.

- signed lawyer [/quote]

I hear you, and I'm the PP and also a lawyer (but not a litigator).   Mediation was never going to work.  He hired a terrible, cheap attorney and didn't provide anything we requested.  We had to subpoena many records and hire a forensic accountant to find assets; to this day, I'm still sure we missed some. We had opportunities to settle along the way, but his position until the bitter end was that everything but my work 401k belonged to him.  I know I had a great attorney because I had a good network sending me referrals.  [/quote]

Pp got it, makes sense. Sorry, I’m a little defensive about our peers in this area. A lot of bad apples or even just mediocre apples who encourage expensive divorce [/quote]

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