CAN ONLY ONE PERSON CHANGE A DIVORCE DECREE? Please help and SEE DETAIL.?

Question

I was divorced from my wife last Friday and the next day she was arrested for dem viol against me. Our house is for sale and I had an offer on it that I know she would accept. She will not contact me back about or anything else including bills and taking now her dogs from our home that I am living in.

The judgment states she can reside here but is choosing not to which is better anyways.

We were getting along fine until the arrest and now I think she is trying to get out of the divorce judgment.

Can she? Not to get married again but I think she now has decided it isn't fair or something. I don't know but it's fishy she doesn't want to close on this house ASAP??? The judge signed off on it but is there a so called 48 hour free look or something were it can be voided???

Please help. I am talking with a lawyer Thursday but was wondering now. It has me stressing!

Thanks!!!!!

Answer 1

I know there is a three-day grace period for sales contracts, but I don't think any such thing applies to divorce decrees. The only person who can change it is the judge. If your question is whether your wife can petition the court to change it, the fact is she can petition for almost anything. But I don't think she's likely to get the change approved unless she can show there was some fraud or mistake involved, or the change in her circumstances is sufficient. For example, if she had agreed on a property settlement and then the property burned down, the judge might reopen the case. Or if you violated the terms of the agreement, which presumably you are too smart to do.