I am going to be retaining an attorney. Looking over the papers last night was depressing--seeing my marriage reduced down to a black and white contractual agreement ... our kids reduced to a distribution of assets.
I the papers she's asked for full custody of the children. She does not have an attorney. She likely downloaded the papers from Legal Zoom and followed the steps to avoid the cost. She asked that I not get attorneys involved ... all I need to to is just counter to her proposal ... attorneys will make this unnecessarily expensive.
I don't trust who this person has become. I hope some day I can again. But right now, I can't trust her.
It's hard to separate the legal from the emotional.