When and How to Modify Your Divorce Decree

Cordell & Cordell's virtual town hall reviews the procedure for when and how to make modifications to your divorce decree.

Cordell & Cordell Managing/Executive Partner, CEO Scott Trout hosts a panel of divorce attorneys from across the United States, including Lauren Gilbert, Chris Kennedy, Krista Jones-May, and Arnett Mumford III. They discuss options available when modifying custody, how to prep for a modification of custody, how to prep if a modification is sought against you, standard for modifications, the different types of custody that can be modified, issues other than custody that can be modified, lessons to glean from the Kanye West-Kim Kardashian divorce, and more.

If you have any questions about modifications to your divorce decree, contact a Cordell & Cordell divorce attorney.

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[matthews]

Divorce is an Extremely Complicated Matter. Thank You for your Extremely Informative Videos. You seem to be Brilliant Attorneys. I would like to see VIDEOS THAT ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, and I would greatly appreciate it if you would please answer the following questions. My Private Attorney seems to be a Lazy Negligent Incompetent Attorney. I had no prior experience with Attorneys. I would like to know what constitutes a Good Attorney? Under what circumstances should you Fire your Attorney? What would YOU do if you had an Attorney such as mine? I have an Attorney who:

1)Is so DISORGANIZED that he CANNOT FIND the WRITTEN FACTS OF MY CASE even after dozens and dozens of hours of looking for the Document, such that now the Document is essentially lost. I remembered the Facts when the Document was written, but now I do not remember many of the Important Facts. And of course my lazy Attorney does NOT remember the Facts either. Isn’t an Attorney supposed to be Organized and Easily Find the Written Facts of his Client’s Case?

2)One of my Attorneys Took Notes and Wrote my initial Statement Of Facts regarding my Case, but after that Attorney left the Organization, my present Attorney Lazily REFUSED TO TAKE ANY NOTES about the remaining FACTS OF MY CASE. And when at my request my Attorney set up Appointments to hear me talk about the remaining FACTS OF MY CASE, my Attorney lazily REFUSED TO TAKE NOTES, saying that he would Remember everything I said; then later HE FORGOT MOST OF WHAT I HAD SAID. Also regarding the Appointments to hear the remaining Facts Of My Case, my Attorney arrived Late, took a Long Lunch, and Left Early to go Play Basketball, etc.; he was Extremely Well-Paid for all of that. Isn’t an Attorney supposed to Take Detailed Notes regarding the Facts of his Client’s Case?

3)I had a WILLING CRUCIAL WITNESS whom MY ATTORNEY REFUSED TO BOTHER TO INTERVIEW, and he even Refused to take her Contact Information. Isn’t an Attorney supposed to Interview and keep Contact Information regarding Crucial Witnesses?

4)It seems that my Attorney engaged in IMPROPER BILLING. At times my Attorney charged Exorbitant Amounts Of Money to Represent me, while NOT actually doing anything on my Case. What should be done regarding an Attorney who Improperly Bills?

5)Generally my Attorney DOES NOT COMMUNICATE with me. Generally my Attorney says he does NOT read my Mail, read my Email, nor listen to my Voice Mail. What should be done regarding an Attorney who Refuses to Communicate with his Client?

THANK YOU.

[marilynh]

Im in Florida the judge made my Retirements Army and Postal Service marital assets I retire early so therefore I've been paying my ex-husband for the last 17 years in the State of Florida can this be modified so I can stop paying him and I can retire in the end I will pay him approximately $450 a month after I turn 60 years old I am presently 59 years old he has his own retirement now and he has a domestic partner for the last 15 years

[jayfrank]

BEWARE! Horrible experience. They misrepresented me, lied, and ultimately abandoned me right before trial. They milk every penny they can without any accountability.

[jamesrogers]

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