Somewhere between filing and pre-trial

[KenF]

great. Lawyers will protect you when you roller coaster.

there will be times you just want to give it all away to make the pain stop, or frustration makes you want to just say "F-it, here, take it all".

these will be regretted later.

its a negotiation. you can do everything outside of court if you can negotiate. you dont even need lawyers, but i would never go that route.

besides child support, much of what is awarded is by guidelines or what is considered the norm, not some set law.

if you can negotiate not giving anything, then thats what the court will accept. so while you might feel you'll have to give it all away, its not necessarily true.

whatever method works, email is great as it provides a papertrail. make low offers, counter with offers etc. same as you'd negotiate for buying something.