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A good friend is having problems regarding personal properties during/after divorce.

1. In negotiation right now. Soon-to-be ex claimed she wanted certain items in the house, like a small box with petty contents from her sister's dead friend. My friend said he'd never seen those things in his life! What is the right way to deal with this type of false claims? The ex does have mental issues and goes to a shrink often.

2. Is there a way of avoiding meeting the ex when she comes to get her share of personal properties after the divorce is finalized? My friend is certain she will try to cause commotion (she once called the police claiming my friend hit her. Luckily there was a witness). He is thinking to put all her stuff in the garage and ask a third party(a friend or a neighbor) be there to represent him while she moves stuff. Is it better if he rents a storage unit for 30 days, put her stuff there and then deliver the key to her lawyer? Does anyone who has had divorce experience have a better way to do this asset disposition? Or should my friend just have to face his fear and consider it the last step before his final freedom from the lunatic?

He really worries she would go on and on and on about petty items missing which are pure in her imagination.

Any help is appreciated.

A good friend is having problems regarding personal properties during/after divorce.

1. In negotiation right now. Soon-to-be ex claimed she wanted certain items in the house, like a small box with petty contents from her sister's dead friend. My friend said he'd never seen those things in his life! What is the right way to deal with this type of false claims? The ex does have mental issues and goes to a shrink often.

2. Is there a way of avoiding meeting the ex when she comes to get her share of personal properties after the divorce is finalized? My friend is certain she will try to cause commotion (she once called the police claiming my friend hit her. Luckily there was a witness). He is thinking to put all her stuff in the garage and ask a third party(a friend or a neighbor) be there to represent him while she moves stuff. Is it better if he rents a storage unit for 30 days, put her stuff there and then deliver the key to her lawyer? Does anyone who has had divorce experience have a better way to do this asset disposition? Or should my friend just have to face his fear and consider it the last step before his final freedom from the lunatic?

He really worries she would go on and on and on about petty items missing which are pure in her imagination.

Any help is appreciated.

My spouse and I separated in September, 2011. Our divorce was not finalized by 12/31/11 so by law we are considered Married for 2011 tax return. We would benefit if we use Married file jointly, but my spouse refuse to do so out of spite. I would get less deduction by filing separately and I guess she will get more since she didn't work in 2011 and I provided all the money for our living expense during the marriage and also after we separated. Does anyone know what is the rule/law on how to decide filing status when a divorcing couple cannot reach an agreement? We live in Kansas.

My second question is if I have to file as Married file separately, I would be better off using itemized. I heard both parties have to use the same method in Married file separately. What is the rule if my spouse wants to use Standard deduction?

Thank you very much for your help!

My spouse and I separated in September, 2011. Our divorce was not finalized by 12/31/11 so by law we are considered Married for 2011 tax return. We would benefit if we use Married file jointly, but my spouse refuse to do so out of spite. I would get less deduction by filing separately and I guess she will get more since she didn't work in 2011 and I provided all the money for our living expense during the marriage and also after we separated. Does anyone know what is the rule/law on how to decide filing status when a divorcing couple cannot reach an agreement? We live in Kansas.

My second question is if I have to file as Married file separately, I would be better off using itemized. I heard both parties have to use the same method in Married file separately. What is the rule if my spouse wants to use Standard deduction?

Thank you very much for your help!

Hi,

My doctor charged me for an annual exam which should be covered under my insurance. The insurance rejected their claim because they coded the claim wrongly as an office visit. My high deductible insurance plan doesn't cover office visits until it goes beyond $3,000. I told the doctor's office to change the code to Annual Exam and resubmit the claim. They wouldn't. They said to change the claim they had to provide proof to the insurance company, but there were some errors in their record about my visit and they couldn't provide the proof. Well, that's not my fault so I refused to pay. Now they turned me to a collection agency. I wrote the agency a letter, but they said they had nothing to do with this and either the doctor withdraws the request or the agency submits a delinquency report to damage my credit history. I don't know what kind of collection agency they are. Seems to me they are hired just to notify me that they will report me to the credit bureaus. Anyway, that's not my question. My question is who is the authority for consumers to go to for this type of dispute. I know the 3 credit bureaus are there so the consumers would pay their bills on time. There ought to be some authority there to regulate businesses and protect consumers.

I'm very frustrated. Every friend I talked to said that was so wrong for the doctor's office to force me to shoulder their cost caused by their errors. However, no one knows who I should go to to protect my rights.

Thank you very much for your help!

By the way, the collection agency said it had been more than 12 months since my visit to the doctor and the insurance claim period had probably passed. The doctor won't get paid by the insurance company if they resubmit the claim now.

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