Daddysredhead
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I hate it when the paralegal's office called and says, "oh, you need to come in and do an income and expense statement to finalize your divorce." Funny, in August when I went in to finalize my divorce, they didn't say a freakin' word about it.
I understand your frustration. I've been a paralegal for 12 years, most of that time in domestic law. I'm not sure how things work in CA, but in VA, that has to be filled out long before the Final Decree gets entered by the judge.
Okay, explain this to me. Last year I filed for marital dissolution, custody, child support, etc. That includes the income/expense statement we are discussing. We go to court on the visitation/custody/child support.
Why then, in the name of all that is holy, do these SAME FARKIN FORMS have to be filled out again for it to be final? He didn't file a response, he didn't object, nada. Tell me how it makes sense that "final papers" have to be filed?!!! Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!
And tell me why these people didn't tell me in August, didn't ask me for the info then, blah blah blah. I'm tired of this, I'm tired of my own legal stuff, I'm tired tired tired.
Okay, yeah, those questions were rhetorical.
Cali
(quick, someone throw a bag of M&Ms in my direction and run the other way!)
*more hugs for Cali*
I only know about the Commonwealth of VA, and a little bit about WV. Your papers will get finalized in Dec.? Maybe they want the most recent set of numbers in order to make sure the amounts are accurate? I'm not sure, but in VA, if he didn't object within 21 days, it would be deemed admitted by the adverse party.
As to the other stuff that has gone on in the office, who knows? The attorney is the one ultimately responsible for happens in the office, and should be notified. The attorneys that I have worked for were so compulsive, that we would both double and triple check everything before it left the office. One of them said , "Always remember that every piece of paper that leaves this office represents each of us, but my name is at stake." It gave us a sense of personal responsibility for the documents that were prepared. We never forgot that these papers affected the lives of many people. I'm sorry that your attorney's office is letting sloppy paperwork be deemed ready to go out the door. Please be sure to tell the atty.
As to the backlog in some jurisdictions, in the domestic law area of the courts, there are hundreds if not thousands of cases. What you may think just needs the stroke of a pen, could really need some careful examining, then it needs to be entered and made part of the record for every single case. The paperwork that is required for court cases may floor the average person if you were to see it. I worked in the court house, too, in the Clerk's Office, and was gobsmacked by the amount of paperwork that comes in during a day's time. It was that time that I realized I preferred the other side of the counter, and why I'm back in a firm.
Best of luck, hun. *tosses you some M&M's*
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