I don't know how I feel right now about what I am doing: what do people think?
Here are the facts:
1. His mother died in Oct, right after we separated, and we filed for divorce in late Dec.
2.. I never saw my husband's financial statement, which should have included mention of a pending inheritance. My lawyer never offered this to me, but should have.
3. My lawyer misled me to believe it wasn't important or necessary to tell the judge I had lost my job when we saw the judge in March.
4. My husband coincidentally and very conveniently received 180K in his bank account from the inheritance AFTER our divorce hearing had passed, in April.
5. I am now looking into alternative legal representation to learn what my legal rights are around the inheritance because I've lost my job and income and waived my rights to alimony.
I am angry that my lawyer advised me against telling the judge I lost my job - he told me it "wasn't necessary", when I asked if I needed to tell him. And, I suspect that my lawyer and husband wanted to hide this inheritance from me somehow. Why wasn't I shown my husband's financial statement? And was the inheritance included on it?
Is it wrong of me to pursue this legally? A portion of his inheritance, IF in fact, I have legal rights to it as his wife?
This is going to absolutely enrage my husband, once he finds out. I know that I cannot let that stop me, but it will create enormous conflict between us again, and likely he will never wish to speak with me again, which is just fine with me.
But what do people think, assuming I DO have legal rights to this inheritance? Remember that I legally waived alimony in the divorce agreement, which the judge approved. In hindsight, I should not have waived that right, and the judge should have been told that I lost my job.
I suspect FOUL PLAY, which is my sticking point over this.
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Last edited by Have Hope; Apr 16, 2023 at 05:56 AM.
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