I'm still in high school and trying to understand all this. step dad is trying to keep my mom from getting money from our old house which she bought and made morgage payments on that we moved out of. He refuses to move or sell it yet is still there after a year and a half while also trying to get spousal support (hes a lazy sleazebag out of work). The lawyers are stalling after realizing there is not much money involved and constantly cancelling deposition dates, and billing rediculous things. How can we get them to move things along? Can we force them to do anything? Please help I want to go to an Ivy for college and see family in Europe which is very expensive.
2007-09-15 13:57:21 · 3 answers · asked by irishpride 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
There is no way to hold them accountable. They are greedy scumbags that make money on people's grief. The only way to deal with them is to get rid of their worthless a*sses. In your particular situation, there is nothing that your mom can't do herself without the lawyer's help. She really needs to get rid of them, set the court date, get the house back, and deny him the spousal support. The judge will be on her side, she has nothing to worry about.
2007-09-15 14:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by OC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best way would be to get your family to settle and not need the lawyers. Then they won't have to bill your family on all the time they're spending on your case. The more combative the two parties are, the more things will get stalled and the more work the attorneys will have to spend on the case. They do a lot of work outside of the courthouse and appointments. Legal research and preparing documents takes up the majority of a lawyers time if they have a difficult case so the chances are they are not overbilling. Just have your parents ask for a detailed accounting of the bill.
If you were a lawyer and you spent your time and expertise helping someone, you would want to be paid for your work, wouldn't you. They might seem ridiculous to you but you probably don't realize how tedious and time consuming legal work can be.
2007-09-15 14:04:42 · answer #2 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At gun point!!!!!!!
2007-09-15 14:31:58 · answer #3 · answered by angrycelt 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋