Post divorce

Post divorce

jlynn@rock.com (Jodi)	9/23/2003 1:39:48 PM
After 12 years of marriage my husband said he wanted a divorce. We agreed that we would separate and go through counseling. After about 8 months of counseling both of our counselors agreed that the chances of our staying married were slim, as did my husband. Most of our problems stemmed from his alcholism and he wasn't willing to make any changes in order to save our marriage and we proceeded with the divorce. Because of my confusion (amongst other things)at the time I went with his advise and we had the same lawyer. We have been divorced for approximately 2 years. I received a monentary settlement of $25,000 while he retained all other assets. At the time my ex was worth approximately 1.5 mil, which I didn't realize the full extent of until a short time ago. At the time (obviously I wasn't thinking straight) I went with what "our" lawyer said thinking that he was looking out for my best interests as well. Recently a mutual friend died and I called my ex to let him know. After a very awful conversation he informed me that Doug (the lawyer) had told him not to do anything stupid and to be nice to me until the statute of limitations on our divorce was up. Information that I was never given. I dug out my divorce papers the other day and noticed that Doug states that he is the attorny for my ex, but doesn't say that he was representing both sides. I really feel like I've been taken (duh) and have heard that a lawyer can't represent both sides in a divorce. Does anyone know if this is true or not? I feel that the representation I received by him was unfair and that my treatment was unjust. Do I have any recourse in reopening my case and are there statues of limitations? I'm not sure how the laws vary from state to state (I'm in Montana)and am not sure where to turn or even if I have any legal right to pursue this further. Any help would be greatly appreiciated. Thanks in advance.



Keith	9/23/2003 9:38:21 PM
On 23 Sep 2003 13:39:48 -0700, Jodi in <ac063e21.0309231239.2eec986b@posting.google.com> wrote: I really feel like I've been taken (duh) and have heard that a lawyer can't represent both sides in a divorce. Does anyone know if this is true or not? I feel that the representation I received by him was unfair and that my treatment was unjust. Do I have any recourse in reopening my case and are there statues of limitations? I'm not sure how the laws vary from state to state (I'm in Montana)and am not sure where to turn or even if I have any legal right to pursue this further. Any help would be greatly appreiciated. Thanks in advance. Contact a lawyer today and see if you can go after that lawyer for malpractice and to protect any legal rights. You could at the minimum get a bar complaint lodged. Good Luck. -- Best Regards, Keith AOL IM:kilowattradio NW Oregon Radio http://kilowatt-radio.org/ _Give SCO $699 for using Linux or the Penguin gets it._ Torvalds: _They are smoking crack._

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