The single most important document you will get from your divorce or custody matter is your settlement agreement, consent order, or court order. It is the document that will guide all of your interactions with your co-parent or former spouse. If that is so, why do so few people read it, either before or after they sign it? I mean it. I can't tell you how many phone calls I receive from clients asking questions, the answers to which are front and center in their settlement agreement. That's followed close behind by people who can't find that document at all and wonder if I have it. Honestly, you probably paid a lot of money to obtain the terms that are contained in your settlement agreement, consent or court order. Why would you not keep it safe? Why would you not read it carefully, tab it, index it, and know every term by heart? Does that make sense to you? Me neither. Here in the Trenches.
