:lol: Nice try, but probably not, if you are actually giving legal advice. I was joking about her acting as her own attorney, and if all she's doing is typing up papers, it really is not a problem. Where she might get into trouble is if somebody asks about their legal rights - am I entitled to alimony, or can he make me sell the house, or . . . you get the picture - and she gives an answer other than "I'm sorry, I can't give you legal advice." But if there is really no property, then it makes sense to do it yourself. By property of course I mean all kinds of property, anything with value - house, cars, bank accounts, retirement plans, etc. If H & W each has their MV's titled in their own name, and they have already divided their property to their satisfaction, then I'd say go for it.
Why in the world would anyone pay $150-200, plus the filing and service fees, for someone with such bad grammar? And who doesn't have any idea about the filing fees (they do not vary by county, for example.) For $100-200 more you can have a real lawyer who actually knows what he/she is doing. I knew someone who used someone like this, and afterwards went to see a lawyer about property division. Guess what? Your right to property division and equitable distribution ends upon divorce unless a claim is properly preserved. She got NOTHING from a 30 year marriage - and they had a paid-for house and her husband's retirement was worth in excess of a half million. All to save less than $200. People amaze me.
Such a straight line ... but going past that. The use of contractions is not professional especially in the legal profession, wrong case for verbs, the run on sentece and the over use of "and" in a series are but a few.
The court cost for a divorce in NC is $100.00, including $20 that goes into a displaced homemakers' fund. In addition to that is the $15.00 fee for service upon the defendant, for a total of $115.00, not
I just contacted her about filling out my divorce papers. I'll let you guys know what happens. On a side note, is it just me or does everyone mentally sing Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" when they type out the word?
If all this person is trying to do is help with filing then I see no harm. These papers are open to the public. Where she could get in trouble if she were to offer legal advice. Just helping with filling and filling out paperwork on a non-contested divorce should be no issue. Jut an observation.
It depends on the meaning of the word "is". I am married, but separated (since 2/1/05). This was my second wife. First wife is back in the picture (yes, we're living in sin), but probably won't be number 3. I figure I screwed it up twice, no need to make it three for three.
Okay, I get it... it was confusing so thanks for clarifying. I thought maybe you had already remarried your first wife and y'all were getting divorced again. I'm sure wife #1 is more than ready for you to be divorced from wife # 2, even if she isn't interested in becoming wife #3... or would it be #1 x 2? :? :mrgreen:
The key point is filing out the paperwork aspect. If you are going to fill out the paperwork yourself the clerks will not answer any questions about the forms because that is getting into legal advise. They will tell you to contact an attorney if you have any questions. The answer to any question can have legal ramificaitons if you are not careful and that would be the problem for the client and the person providing the service.
Ok, as said I would earlier, I had the person do my paperwork for me. I'm not in the habit of posting someone's name on-line without their permission, so I'll call her 'K'. K filled out the paper work accurately, as far as I could tell. When they are filed, I will find out for sure, but she did give me a written (and signed) promise that, if they aren't, she will complete them to the satisfaction of the courts. K did not give me any legal advice. We traded emails a few times so that she could get all the information needed, and where we could meet to pick them up when completed. She did seem very professional about the whole thing. I'm very satisfied. If there are any problems with filing (which I doubt), I'll let y'all know.
Myself & my sister used 'k' and where very pleased!!!! I just had to register today so I could voice my opinion of this subject. Both myself & my sister have used 'k' for this service & where most pleased. My sister had been separated from her husband for three years, so things like custody, property and child support have had time to run their course. My sister contacted 'k' via email with a few questions. K's first email reply was she couldn't offer any advise & that if any of the above issues needed to be resolved that my sister needed to contact a lawyer. My sister gave k the infomation needed to complete the forms. The information needed was names of the people in the divorce, date of marriage, date of separation & what county the divorce needed to be filed in. A date was set to meet and go over the divorce paper work. Between then and the date they where suppose to meet my sister's home caught fire and needless to say the divorce wasn't high on my sister's list. My sister emailed k and informed her that her home had caught fire and her need for the divorce would have to wait until she could recover from the fire and that my sister would need the money of replacing items lost in home fire. My sister received a email that no one would expect. K offered to hand over the divorce to my sister "FREE OF CHARGE". Not only did k provide this for free she contacted some of her friends and with their help they donated clothing and enough furniture to set up house again for my sister. She even sent a friend to my sisters home with materials in hand to replace a set of steps on her deck. This was "FREE OF CHARGE' as well. With all she had done for my sister I felt very comfortable using k to prepare the paper work for my divorce. The out come was great. Myself and my sister both are divorced with no hassles. Everything went smooth. When I contacted k about doing this for me, she let me know that I could do this myself but after looking at the divorce paper work I knew I would have never known where to start. I'm going to look up her ad and reply to it and let her know that people are having a problem with this service and the grammer of her ad. Maybe she can modify the ad so the grammer will suite everyone. Not only did myself and my sister receive our divorce with no problems but the generosity of this person overwhelmed us to no end.
