My Lawyer told me it would be a walk-in/walk-out rubber stamper.
The key condition of 12-month's separation had not been under dispute, so L just told me that I could go in and lodge my response to stbx's D application and it would all just go through automatically. No need for him to be there (and indeed no-one else had a L present, apart from stbx).
I think we got a judge who was a stickler. She read everyone's documents in full while they sat there and then went through a spiel where she finished with
"and as there are arrangements in place for the children's ongoing support, I can grant the application for D immediately".
But not for us. I'd made a response to the claims made by STBX in his application, due to their inaccuracies. One such inaccuracy was that he was making "regular" CS payments as part of a "private arrangement" that we had made.
When the judge questioned whether he was, he stood up and admitted that he wasn't, and then things went pear-shaped and she asked me how i wanted to proceed.
I know I had to stand up for myself and the kids, but now stbx is reinforced in his belief that I am an obstructionist, stubborn, win-at-all-costs harpy who is hell-bent on teaching him a lesson. He was SPITTING.
