Friend: Anja just sent me a text.
Me: What did she say?
Friend: fwd: “I’m finaly divorced from that looser jim!!!!!! As of July 7th I was made a free woman! I Thank u Washington County court systems for a swift judgment!!!”
Truth be told… She was a free woman July 1st. I went to the court house on July 1st file contempt of court for her not abiding to the petition for divorce I filed. The petition stated that assets and insurances were frozen and no changes were allowed before the final judgement with out written consent from the other party. After talking to the legal help at the court house I found out that doing that would just prolong our marriage and divorce until judgement was passed for the contempt of court. Did I want to prolong my marriage? NO! So I went for Option B.
Option B was to file for an emergency finalization. Anja never filed her paper work after I served her with my petition for divorce, so the divorce went into default. In other words the divorce was “No contest” which means I win. Anything I want I get. She didn’t contest to anything, and can’t contest anything. She left the ball in my court. Remember when I said she doesn’t think things through? So I got a shit load of paper work from the court house, filled it out, listed ALL of the things I get and the things she gets, and saw the judge.
The judge was really nice. I explained my story with photos, bank statements, and mortgage statements. He then asked me if my papers had a timeline as to when my property is to be returned to me. I replied that I didn’t think so, but I felt 30 days was a fair time frame. He then wrote in something to the effect of “All property awarded to one party but held by the other party should be returned to the owning party no later then Aug. 1st 2008.” He initialed his statement, signed off on my divorce and said “Congratulations! You’re the worlds newest bachelor.” I thanked him, shook his hand, and walked out with a weight lifted off my chest.
So Anja is right. I am looser. A lot looser. Anyone want to get a celebratory drink with me?
#1 by Rita on July 12th, 2008
All’s well that ends well . . . I guess.
Divorce is never easy, for sure.
#2 by theKirkness on July 15th, 2008
Root beer.