Has anyone used the online divorce?
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| Wed, 09-27-2006 - 10:01pm |
I've been looking into some of the online divorce websites. Has anyone ever used them? It has been a very long year for me and my husband. He had an affair about a year ago and even though I believe that affair is now over, he's still sitting the fence on whether to come back to the marriage. I've been patient and have given him every chance in the world, but he continues to take advantage of my patience and it's time to do something.
I've had two consultations with 2 lawyers, one bad, one good. The last lawyer said since we have discussed and agreed on most everything, that the divorce should be fairly simple and would cost about $1500. I'm thinking, if we have discussed everything and agreed on everything, why should it cost $1500? The online sites say you can have your divorce papers written up by answering a few questions for around $300. I'm thinking, maybe this is the way to go. My husband and I have already agreed on separation of property, custody of children, child support, etc., so why not just make this as painless and possible and just have it written up online, have them mail me the papers, then file with the courts.
I think to myself...online divorce? How impersonal, should it be this easy? But really, the hard part was letting go (if I really even have) of the life I've known for so long, the man that I thought I would grow old with, the man I thought I knew, all this is is the paperwork. I wish so badly that things were different, but the longer he keeps sitting on the fence, the less I trust him and that is so hard to get back. Everytime I say I've had enough, he gives me just enough to give me some hope, then it starts all over again. It has to stop! At this point, I'm just starting to feel foolish by hanging on to something that he obviously can't decide if he wants and it's too painful to just live in this limbo. I still cry everyday and pray that this is all a bad dream, but it's not so I'm going to do what should have been done months ago. Now it's just a question of how.
So, does anyone know anything about the online divorce?

My "simple" divorce cost be around $1500 (6 years ago!)... and it was worth every penny.
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~