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[quote=Anonymous]The problem is not the agreement. The problem is the enforcement.

I had a very specific and detailed agreement. Signed and notarized. But then XH simply decided to stop complying with the parts that weren't convenient for him.

For example, he was supposed to maintain his life insurance policy that we got when we had kids. He just quit paying the premium, saying "you don't get to win the lottery if I die".

He was supposed to pay the kid's medical insurance (by keeping them on his plan) and he didn't. When I confronted him, he just laughed. He's also not splitting the kids medical copays like he agreed to do.

When I asked my lawyer about these violations of the agreement, the lawyer said it would be long and expensive to go to court to force compliance, and very likely the result would be a court order to do what he was supposed to do. But... what happens when he ignores that? Probably nothing. So, if he ignores one legal agreement, the penalty is another legal agreement he can ignore.

In the case of the life insurance policy, after it lapses due to non-payment of premiums, I don't even think the court can do anything to put it back in force.

My advice is don't burn a lot of money on lawyers drawing up a detailed agreement that is difficult to enforce.[/quote]

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