Separation agreement
I divorced 4 years ago, my ex wife told me that will be ok to have one lawyer to sign separation agreement, we can split cost for lawyer. She found a lawyer who did agreement for us. On that time verbally we agreed that I’m going to pay 1100$ for child, it will include everything.After signed agreement I paid half cost and my ex paid half cost to lawyer.in agreement child support 360$and wife support 740$ so total 1100$. I trusted my ex and didn’t even read agreement ( was thinking it common procedur , everybody doing this),and that was my mistake. After 2-3 weeks I received email from lawyer where he said I must to pay on top of 1100$ extra ordinary expenses. When I started read agreement, I found really paragraph about extra ordinary expenses. I emailed back to lawyer that we agreed for 1100$ and it’s including everything. After that I did not receive any emails, and continue to pay 1100$. Right now I have lost my income and can’t pay that amount. I wrote letter to lawyer where I asked about review agreement, I sent cheque to my ex for 360$( child support only). In couple days I received email from my ex that she will bring me to court if I’m not paying rest 740$. Also she wrote that I owe her extra ordinary expenses for 4 years, and she will claim it. I’m really disappointed how people can use your trust and then put you down because of signature. On agreement was paragraph that we must split half and half our property things( couch, tv, kitchen stuff...). My ex wife took everything with her, didn’t share with me. It’s around 12000$ . Now I’m looking for lawyer to review agreement. The question is : is it normal to have one lawyer for both when you make agreement, paying him half price ( cash) for that. My ex never asked me my opinion about payment for extra ordinary expenses ( I didn’t even know where my daughter has activities, and how much). Now I have new family with child , wife doesn’t work. Any suggestion what to do in this case?
