My friend left her husband in TN about 2 years ago. They never legally seperated or filed for divorce. They have been amicably sharing custody of their daughter since. However since December it has become increasingly harder for my friend to get her husband to answer his phone or return her calls, and she has only been allowed to talk to her daughter a handful of times since December. Now it appears her husband has moved (the xmas presents returned in the mail) and he has switched jobs, all without notifying my friend. Her mother in law is also refusing to give any information.
I've read in this forum before about there being free legal advise/couseling through UT and was wondering if anybody could direct me there, or if anyone has come across this type of situation before, or knows a good referral in town that could help.
Also does anybody know how much an out of state divorce should cost, because my friend has been getting $5-6000 quotes and this seems slightly ridiculous.
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I've read in this forum before about there being free legal advise/couseling through UT and was wondering if anybody could direct me there, or if anyone has come across this type of situation before, or knows a good referral in town that could help.
Also does anybody know how much an out of state divorce should cost, because my friend has been getting $5-6000 quotes and this seems slightly ridiculous.
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Actually for a divorce involving custody those figures sound low. If it gets nasty it will be much higher. Keep in mind a lawyer is a working professional. An inexpensive lawyer will run $150/hr with most closer to the $250/hr range. Even at $6k that's only 24 hours of work on the case at $250/hr. If it gets nasty divorce's can easily go into the $10-15k range. That said, it being an out of state lawyer shouldn't make too much difference. Many lawyer will do free consultations but it sounds like she has taken advantage of them already if she is getting quotes. My only other advice would be that the figures she is getting are probably pretty close to what most lawyers will charge to get started. Lawyers aren't cheap for sure.
Volunteer Legal Services runs free legal advice clinics-- see link.
Good luck to her.
Good luck to her, a mom without her kids like that is gut-wrenching to hear about.
Get your friend a notebook and tell her to start writing as much as she can with dates/times/locations and even what their verbal agreement involved.
thanks