My brother had dated his girlfriend Kate for six years and finally got married.
He was against marriage from the start but she pushed him into it.
It seemed like immediately after getting married, she changed as a person. Kate stopped working, spent all his money and never spent any time with their newborn babies. Finally my brother had enough and filed for divorce. Finding the right divorce lawyer was not easy either. Divorce/family law is a tricky thing too. Basically it is known that judges favor the mother and leaving the kids with her. In this case, my brother’s wife was a horrible mother and did not deserve the children. She also wanted a bunch of money to support herself and claimed it as child support. The lawyer that my brother picked up was a lifesaver. The guy totally got the situation and did a great job at helping him out. First they negotiated the custody case. His ex-wife only gets the kids every other weekend and gets hardly anything in child support. He is the main parent and doesn’t have to supply her with much. The only thing he is stuck right now doing is paying her rent and small amounts each month for food. While that stinks, it is not the worst situation. That the lawyer got my brother the majority of custody without breaking his bank account is most impressive. The divorce costs and lawyer costs were quite substantial. But again, it could have been way worse of a situation for him.