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Did you know that Reddit has an entire Subreddit devoted to soliciting the legal advice of strangers off of the internet? It’s true! But seeing that most lawyers probably have better things to do than dole out free advice, I wouldn’t necessarily trust any legal advice given by the people of Reddit. This guy did, and now he regrets it — but, not so much that he wasn’t willing to give it another go. That’s the spirit!
In a now edited/removed post titled “I’m in some deep sh*t in a divorce,” a user who goes by antons_key describes how he followed advice that was apparently a plot on The Sopranos (I’ve never seen, so sure, why not) to try screw his wife out of a lawyer, and now he’s the one who’s screwed. It probably also wasn’t a great idea to basically confess on the internet, but what can he say — he’s on a roll!
A while back I asked for advice on a good divorce attorney in another sub. Someone said:
“You don’t have to hire the best or most expensive attorney. You need to consult with the top family attorneys in town. The lawyer cannot represent your ex to be if you’ve discussed your marriage with them. It’s a conflict of interest. Read up on it, there are a few tricks you can pull to help even the playing field”
Based on the advice I got I spent the next few weeks talking with like 30 divorce attorneys in town, so that my wife and her dad would not be able to hire one. I never hired an attorney myself because I could not afford one but my wife found one anyway.
Apparently they found out what I did, probably because it was so hard for her to get an attorney, and today I just got hit with a motion for attorneys fees saying that what I did was abuse of process, an attempt to deprive and interfere with justice, bad faith, and a bunch of other stuff. And that I have to pay part of her attorney fees because I made it more expensive for her.
Is there something I can do to stop this? This is in Utah.
I hope he wasn’t too attached to all of his life’s possessions or anything, because he should probably get used to the idea of not having any of them right about now.
(Via Deadspin)
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Oh, nooooooo. I’m sure that none of those people giving advice or otherwise trolling that board, specifically with regard to people soliciting advice in divorces and custody cases, are MRAs. And as it happens, reddit MRAs are almost all teenagers who don’t know shit.
So I’m just going to sit here and masturbate to the schadenfreude until I go blind or my dick is worn to a small(er) nub, whichever comes first.
martin tell us, tell us how you really feel.
You’re a stronger man than I am.
I had to stop once the blisters started.
time to tape up and start at it
Much like anything else in life, you get what you pay for. Except this guy got raped for free, so uhh shit I kind of lost my line of thought.
Karma is for real
Since this is in Utah, I hope his divorces from his other wives work out better for him.
As a former divorce attorney I’d like to go ahead and say fuck that guy for wasting other people’s valuable (possibly) time. That’s why good established family law practitioners charge a consultation fee.
Yeah I can’t imagine what kind of complete idiot would think this was a good idea.
poor bastard ..the guys probably trying real hard not to get fucked by his ex so hes probably really desperate and figured hed try anything ..his life is probably upside down right now the person that he probably trusted the most that he loved is trying to fuck him so the dude is probably not thinking very straight..
Ain’t got no sympathy for the aggressor.
“The person that he probably trusted the most” – he trusted Reddit ~The Most~, that’s where he went wrong…
FUCK GETTING MARRIED..
He first asked for advise in the subreddit exmormon, not in legal. Had he asked in legal he would have gotten better advise.
Yeah that was on the Sopranos. Don’t get legal advice from idiots who get their legal advice off tv.
“idiot”
You spelled “troll” wrong.
From the sidebar in that sub
“Any advice found here IS NOT legal advice. Reddit is not a substitute for a real lawyer.”