1) Has she filed for D - I see lawyers involved but no mention of D process
2) Is there a firm date as to when she is coming back to the States?
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1 No...you can't divorce in Australia for 12 months from date of separation. She has engaged lawyers (through the direction of a divorced friend of hers) to start discussions on property settlement. I received a letter from her lawyer in June. I engaged a lawyer to respond simply saying they are acting on behalf of me and they will be in touch after consulting with their client (me). We have done nothing since. Her lawyers sent a follow up letter in mid July asking what is happening (my W reckons she wasn’t aware of them sending this letter, as it was a few days after we had a nice breakfast catchup before she went to the States for a holiday – I don’t believe her). My lawyer has ignored it and nothing has been done since. I don’t know what she wants, what her expectations are etc. She won’t discuss it, other than saying we should be ‘fair’ to each other.
2) No, I don’t think she has a firm date, but who knows. She won’t tell me. She is most likely heading back for Christmas, but I don’t know if she is coming back or not. I presume she would have to for the divorce and property settlement as it won’t get done this year. She has also mentioned to a friend’s wife that she doesn’t really have anything to go back for, she has hardly any family, all her friends are married and with kids, no job over there and she will struggle to find one. But then, all she has here now is a job….she has a lost a lot of our friends through this process.
M 35 W 31 Separated 2/2011 but still together Ended it 4/2011 Together 8 yrs Married 3.5 yrs Lawyers involved 6/2011
