Full question:
At my divorce settlement, my attorney and I quickly scanned over the document, and we failed to see a clever paragraph that my ex-husband’s attorney slipped in. It is with regards to my submitting a declaration of discloser before I am able to receive monies owed to me. I feel I am being played, as twice now I have submitted what I feel is the information that is needed , and twice they’ve come up with some other ridiculous request to delay. If my ex-husband and I had agreed to omit the declaration of disclosure, must I still submit one.
- Category: Divorce
- Subcategory: Property Settlements
- Date:
- State: National
Answer:
If the settlement agreement is part of the divorce decree, you will need to ask the judge to modify it. If no decree has been entered yet, you can request to remove the requirement based on the understanding that you and your ex-husband did not intend for that clause to be included. Sometimes, there can be errors in how an oral agreement is documented. In such cases, a party may ask the court to correct the written agreement to reflect what was actually agreed upon.
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