You can do it girl!!- you have come so far already. You moved to another state.
You definitely need to come up with budget that you can stick to, in the mean time can you borrow cash from a credit card at a reasonable rate. I hate to see you borrow from your mom, it just sets you up to be abused by her again.
These lawyers see the MLC guys from a mile away and rape them for every cent they can, my ex spent over 70 for his half of the divorce. What a fool.
Can your lawyer come up with a reasonable proposal for both you & Smokey. $500/month support seems like something which he might feel is reasonable?? Ultimately I had to come up with a proposal for my ex since the stuff his lawyer was putting together was non comprehensive for issues that mattered and overly detailed for issues that didn't.
You have done an amazing job, landing your new job and moving your girls. You should be so proud
---- M 39 H 35 D5,D4 M 4 T 9 ILYBNILWY 5/18/11 Left 7/11/11 Divorced 12/1/13