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Divorce Question
| Mon, 09-08-2008 - 1:22pm |
My husband filed for divorce in February '08 and I was served in March '08. As of today, he has not followed thru. I can't. I am stay-home-mom with no income and legal aid will not even talk to me. Borrowing from family is not an option. We still live as a family. Do things as a family (shop, vacation, travel, etc.). We still sleep in the same bed together. The only the thing that has changed is that there is no sex and we don't talk divorce. Other than those 2 things, life is the same. I don't want a divorce and he knows that. I don't know what he wants because he won't talk about it. So am I destined to live life as it is now or do divorce papers expire. Can I get the filing thrown out? What are my options???

Some attornies offer free consultation.
Sometimes a case will be dismissed for lack of prosecution, in MA it's after a year of inactivity.
I know that in Tennessee, once you file if there isn't any progressing activity on the case within a period of one year, the papers "expire", so after that period of time, you'd have to completely refile (and pay another filing fee).
I'd ask him to get off the fence... It's difficult to believe that someone would go on with an unfulfilling life and make no effort to change it... well, OK, I get why it happens, but really... we all deserve to have a happy life (and to change the things in life that aren't happy... however that change may happen... counseling, rebuilding... divorce).
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
I am so sorry to hear that you didn't get any answers.