Re: divorce lawyer called

August 4, 2006

Shirley it has been very warm the past few days and will

get warm this weekend as well. Is your home keeping you comfortable? My

wifes sister Val got divorced shortly after they were married and had 2

kids. Her oldest Charlie graduated this spring and his father by the

courts was ordered to stay away from the kids without a third party

there to monitor the visitation. They finally changed the whole deal

and he wasn't suppose to ever see the kids and he also got of having to

pay child support. When Charlie had his graduation his father showed

up. That was all ok he really needed to see Charlie graduate. His

father ended up getting remarried they were also divorced which wasn't

a surprise. They ended up with a child and Charlie's father had his

other son there and it was funny that boy was about 6 and when Charlie

was that age they looked exactly the same. Charlie had glasses at that

age and so did his father new son did as well. They looked like twins

but Charlie was several years older.

Stay cool.

Bill

Shirley wrote:

Note I sent to my Aunt whose friend found me a good

lawyer. Anyone with any ideas! Shirls

Bette's lawyer isn't going to be able to help me. Looks like

I have to go straight to trial and let a judge decide what I get.

Steve can NOT get any of my money, so that's good. But whether or not

a judge will give me any of Steve's $ as maintenance is up in the air

with a judge. So I stay here in the house as long as possible and save

save save. Go to vocational rehab which is free for me since I'm on

SSDI and get training for some work I can do at home. I won't do it

until after the divorce though.

Life sure does suck sometimes. I wonder what I did to deserve

this bad stuff. 2 lousy husband's, illnesses, etc. It's sucking the

energy right out of me!

Thanks for looking into a lawyer for me. Rob said a free one

is going to be best for me cause I can't make Steve pay for my legal

fees. A lawyer wants the $ up front so I would have to deal with Steve

not paying me back the $. Rob gets $1500 for retainer. then when that

runs out it's another $1500. If Steve's lawyer takes his time on stuff

then the $1500 keeps piling up. He told me he's very busy too. I got

the hint that I wasn't going to be a money maker for him. Steve's mom

will help him I'm sure with legal fees. But I have to call the bar

assoc and see what to do now.

Thanks again.

x0x0x0

Shirley

August 6, 2006

Hi Shirley I was just looking over the info where my

wife will be working soon and they might be able to help you out. Bill

ICAP

You may be able to get free legal help from ILS

Indiana Legal Services, Inc. (ILS) is a

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