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The Judge
The Judge has the power to "award" her everything you've earned in a lifetime of sweat-popping, hump-busting work... your house, your car, your boat, your business, your baseball card collection, even your children.
The Judge has the power to order you to pay child support and alimony that is more than you make after taxes. And if you don't pay, or you give the judge any lip, you could be tossed into jail.
In the discovery process, court-appointed ghouls will have the power to peek into every nook and cranny of your life... to dig into your checkbook, your personal papers, your tax returns, even your poker game records.
The system has got you by the short and curlies. And there is not way in hell that the system is your friend.
The American Family Court is uncaring Judicasaurus Rex chomping its way through case after case after case. Unless you're a very wealthy or very famous person, you're just another number on a docket.
Break Their Code
To understand their rules, you must learn their language. Only by understanding their legal buzzwords and phrases can you understand how they think. A good way to start learning Divorce Legalese is the Glossary of Terms in the Code Room. |
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Briefings
