I don't have an attorney. As CityGirl as so eloquently put, going that route in NY is asking for a world of misery and five figure costs. We have been working in mediation, which is just her and me and the mediator. The only thing I can do is ask her to go back to mediation and get our agreement finished.

Truthfully, mediation is where I've had the advantage by far. I have her agreeing to support way below what she could probably get a court to force me to pay, I've got the child custody split the way I wanted, and I have her giving up her claim on most of my assets. All hollow victories when I've lost my family.