advice needed asap wife kicked out

[capslock]

hopefully, she knows that if she holds her cards until the final hearing and then drops the bombs you will get your 50-50 or your end goal.

hopefully not such a small town that she has more important fish to fry. make sure you make appointments and understand where your attorney is on things. who would it hurt for her to listen to some highlights of the recordings or transcripts? i'd book a meeting when i had these type questions.

btw- the judge recommending you work something out is commonplace.

[Vega]

hopefully, she knows that if she holds her cards until the final hearing and then drops the bombs you will get your 50-50 or your end goal.

hopefully not such a small town that she has more important fish to fry. make sure you make appointments and understand where your attorney is on things. who would it hurt for her to listen to some highlights of the recordings or transcripts? i'd book a meeting when i had these type questions.

btw- the judge recommending you work something out is commonplace.

Aren't attorney's required to reveale any evidence prior to the final hearing in advance?

[Fatheroffour]

They're required to respond to discovery request. Thorough discovery is important so that there are no surprises at trial.

[Vega]

They're required to respond to discovery request. Thorough discovery is important so that there are no surprises at trial.

Do attorneys tend to settle before trial after discovery is received?

[Fatheroffour]

Attorneys don't settle.

Litigants do. Whether they settle or not depends on the quality of the evidence and the personality of the litigant but the vast majority of cases filed never go all the way to trial.

[Vega]

I received a letter from the victims advocate office today. I called them and they are very interested in all the evidence such as letters and recordings that I have. She is going to recommend to the prosecution that they delay the domestic violence until the divorce issue is settled. However the pre trial is set up for the beginning of april and the divorce hearing the end of april for the final divorce hearing.
For what it is worth she was shocked at such a precarious position the courts have placed me in given the circumstance. Again it comes back to the courts recognizing the bond between mother and child.

[Vega]

DV hearing yesterday.. NJ off the hook.. charges dropped.

[Trevor]

Why?

[capslock]

I forget the details. Was the divorce case settled yet? If not, keep your chin up. One does not have to be convicted of DV for DV to be shown to have occurred in a divorce hearing. Heck, if you have evidence of DV that NJ hasn't heard yet, try to use that to grind out a confession on the stand that will help in the custody argument, or use the evidence to argue your case and influence the custody decision.

[Vega]

Divorce case was settled.. not great but settled. DV charges were evident.. she admitted it to the police when she was booted. I don't know how or why they were dropped.. but I was informed of such.