Finally some closure! And it was good that you had some nice words with your XW's lawyer.

It is crazy that you both have to make that sort of testimony next week.

Not to bash the great state of NY too much, but I read that Albany is witholding state tax refunds. I also saw a list of things gone wrong in NY...

1) TAXES and then MORE TAXES

2) Albany corruption

3) Union thugs running the business into the ground

4) Social programs that DO NOTHING to help ANYONE but state employees administering them.

5) Roads from hell

6) Welfare culture that promotes sloth rather than a work ethic

7) ZERO private sector jobs being created

8) a lot of people who absolutely believe government is THE solution and big business is THE problem

9) political families who believe they have a divine right to rule NY State

10) cities that look like East Berlin in 1982

I think we can add family law to that list of things gone wrong in one of the original 13 colonies.

Actually, when I re-read that list, it kind of defines where I live too in the Portland Oregon area.