Divorce! Help! Questions.....?

I know someone who went through a divorce clean like that and it still cost him around $700 so I really don't know. Divorce is not cheap, simple or not.

Sir, that was a good spill, but let's be for real. Things happen in life, kids get older and need different things. There is a possibility you could move on find someone and have another family(another obligation) and can't meet your financial requirements. A judge is more better apt to tally the incomes and make a fair sum of what is to be paid. You could get a higher paying job, hit the lotto, be left a lump sum and your soon to be ex-wife would probably feel entitled to your money. You need a child support order to protect yourself from the future. Yes, everything looks black and white now, but trust me buddy things could change. Another thing to look at is joint custody where you cut the cost of the expenses for half of the year and the ex catches the other half.

Then there is the problem of who files the kids on the taxes. Brother, your rushing in with no shoes on your feet and you are about to make the biggest mistake of your life. On top of that the ex could go back and file non-support on you at anytime. So sit down take a deep breath , get legal consultation cause your not thinking things all the way through. And for the record, I don't think your a dead beat dad, your just looking for an easy way out and there is none.

DEAR Good DAD,

it is great to know that you and your soon to be ex are working civil together on this matter there is a very easy and inexpensive way to do this. First you can pick up divorce papers from the nearest book store BarnesnNoble,ect.. then you fill in the blanks were needed, then if you need to add more about agreeing on no child support you get legal size paper and you document it professional you both need two witnesses and you go get it notorized ( do not sign your name to anything with out the notory in front of you) you can go to your nearest bank or police station whoever can be a notorizer and bring your witnesses to this and all sighn the papers This will make it official.Then you bring this to the social securitie office to have your names changed.i hope this helps you

Sincerely Jennifer

Do not think for a moment that you will get away from paying child support. Unless your wife is making far more money than you it is most likely going to come at some point in time. Your wife can petition the courts at any time for child support until the reach the age of consent or as late as their university graduation. In addition you might be required to provide health coverage and childcare expenses. What is said and agreed to now pertaining to the children is not cast in stone the same way property is divided or debt payments are settled.

You can file joint custody of the children. I think an attorney can write something up for you but, there is a fee.

My ex and I did the same thing! Here's the kicker. Sense she filed in Arizona and I was in Houston, they wanted five hundred more dollars to write something up for us. The other kicker was, sense I wasn't there, they were going to give her full custody unless we paid the money. So, what we did was, let them take the child support out and she mailed me back the money. Then we finally got it to where they just mailed it back to my post office box. Just so everyone knows and doesn't try to judge me, I had the kids and have raised them. We are all very close and my ex and I are too.

Yes you can file for a divorce yourself without all of the other fee's but, I can't remember what you call it. I think it's called (Poppers oath) something like that. There are a lot of ways to do it on line too. Have a good one and good luck

You should have a lawyer when you buy a house. You should have a lawyer when you get a divorce. You said that you dont't want battles. Well, each of you should have a lawyer because she needs someone to protect her interests too. If you both agree on the child support issue, then there is no problem. By trying to do this 'on the cheap', you are asking for way too much trouble later. The law is the law and marriage is a contract. I hope you don't sign contracts the way you deal with divorce (gimme it, I want it over, no, I'm not going to read the fine print, why should I, is it going to cost me?)

I think it depends on what state you live in, but, if it is a divorce where you both agree, you may only pay a couple hundred dollars. But, my sister just got divorced in Michigan, and before they could get it, all the debts had to be paid off, and everything was split 50/50.. even though they were agreeing on everything. She lost half of her pension and other savings she had... he gained. In Pennsylvania, it is different. Sometimes you see an ad in the classified for divorce being only a couple hundred. You should check where you live.

Get a divorce kit. Fill it out, call the court house, make an appointment with the judge, show up, the judge signs the papers and your divorce is granted right then and there.

That would depend on what state you live in/ When my ex and I split, he agreed not to ask for child support (he had custody), and if you both agree the court will not force you. Look in the yellow pages for legal aid society to get advice on getting it done for the least money.

If the divorce is not contested and friendly as your's seems to be, just go on-line and look for divorce papers for your state. I would recommend, however, that you spell out what you are both agreeing to now so that there is no confusion in the future.