Hello. My partner of 10 years put a dvo on me on October 2020. She a applied for property settlement in Jan 2021 (she applied before the final hearing of the dvo which I accepted the order conditions without admission due to limited funds ) . There has been one email from her lawyer to my lawyer showing her bank records and one back from me to her lawyer showing my bank records . My last email was in late February and there has been NO communication from her lawyer since . There has been repeated requests from my Lawyer to her lawyer for more communication to finalize the settlement situation .
So my questions are -
How long can she keep the situation 'open' for ?
How can I apply to put and 'end' to it ? as she is obviously stalling for a reason or has lost interest ( as it turns out there will be a very small amount of money that she will get- or maybe even owe me money ).
My lawyer says I can apply to the courts with and affidavit to end the application ( $5000 plus) How do i know my lawyer is not trying to drag it out just to make more money off me hoping for a ' big court case' . ?
I cant see how I need to involve and affidavit when it is not a ' court issue ' yet . - Is my lawyer correct ? Or is there a quicker way -ie give her Lawyer a time limit to respond ?
Cheers
Stan
So my questions are -
How long can she keep the situation 'open' for ?
How can I apply to put and 'end' to it ? as she is obviously stalling for a reason or has lost interest ( as it turns out there will be a very small amount of money that she will get- or maybe even owe me money ).
My lawyer says I can apply to the courts with and affidavit to end the application ( $5000 plus) How do i know my lawyer is not trying to drag it out just to make more money off me hoping for a ' big court case' . ?
I cant see how I need to involve and affidavit when it is not a ' court issue ' yet . - Is my lawyer correct ? Or is there a quicker way -ie give her Lawyer a time limit to respond ?
Cheers
Stan