Thank you for your advise. I have been very open with my L in regards to the facts. Its not that I want to "destroy" her for doing what she did to me, but I do need to protect myself. STBEW is the same as most by saying she is going to be civil, but showing otherwise. I never wanted a D in the first place, but I am not going to lie down and let her walk all over me.... All the while grabbing everything she can get her hands on while doing so.
Personally possessions mean little to me, but the property we share is a big concern. My dying father willed the house to my sister's and I, but stressed how much he wanted my W and I to have it before he passed away. My sisters agreed and signed over their portion in order for us to have a better home located in a much better neighborhood. It is actually the house that I grew up in so it also has some sentimental value to me as well. Ex told me originally that she wants nothing to do with it, but now see's the value and has turned greedy. I'm sure some of it was due to her L advising her how much she can get, but now my repeated attempts to "buy her out" has failed due to it not being enough for her. Again, I was more willing to be fair in the beginning, but I will exercise every right I have to keep the house so that my kids will have a safe and loving home to grow up in.
The law is the law and you can't change that so hopefully, if there is any justice in this world, I will be able to come to an agreeable arrangement that will benefit us both...but we all know how it usually turns out in most cases.
M: 37 W: 36 T: 16 M: 11 D2: 8,3 PA: 2015 WAW: 2016 W Filed: 2017 2/07/2017 W officially dating OM2
