Q: My wife filed for divorce 01/25/23. I just today got the waiver and decree from her attorney. I don't know what to sign
The waiver says I give up my legal rights and won't be present at the court date. I don't want that because the wife was full of lies and deception during the marriage and separation. I don't want her going in front of the judge with more lies and getting the conditions of the divorce changed.
A:
Based on what you said, I would not sign the waiver and would instead hire an attorney to file an answer on your behalf and to review the proposed decree.
There is no telling what sneaky things she or her lawyer may have put into the decree to disadvantage you. There are subtle ways to make provisions that seem to a layman to be in your favor but which a lawyer can tell won’t be enforced later.
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