Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

Hello,

I got married in 2000. My ex-husband opened another company with his first initial and mine. We got divorce in 2007. My attorney lost her license for theft. She did not tell me anything to be present for the last hearing for my divorce. I got nothing. I even lost my house. My ex advised the court he closed his first company, but he still operating the second one and even the furnace outlet. The company's website shows our old address, my name as contact. I never got child support or anything because I was unavailable according to the divorce decree. He is operating the business he opened during I was married. I never signed any prenuptial agreement.


Asked on 6/17/25, 3:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Eric Willison Eric Eastman Willison

Normally in Ohio, the thing to do in this situation is to hire another lawyer and file a Civ. R. 60(b) motion explaining to the Court that you missed the hearing because of your attorney's misconduct as soon as you find out what occurred. But the delay from 2007 to present will have to be explained. Courts place a certain amount of value on finality of judgments, even if based upon injustice, if the wronged party does not take steps to inform the court of what happened. I understand if you could not have afforded another attorney all these years, but the Court would likely answer that you could have filed something "pro se" (meaning without an attorney) informing the court in layperson's terms what happened. Then the Court could have taken steps to make it fair.

But to wait 18 years before filing something might make things difficult to alter.

Read more
Answered on 6/18/25, 2:46 am


Related Questions & Answers

More Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody and Adoption questions and answers in Ohio