that even in the court system, it’s still who you know. And this is justice?
Sorry I cannot give good legal advice, but it would seem to me that you do not want to rush through this (as much as you would like to finalize everything). It seems to me that the legal system is supposed to be fair, so as long as you don’t rush into things and possibly make hasty decisions, in the end, it should work out.
How about a golf joke?
There was this very good amateur scratch player who was playing with an average joe who hacked the ball around, but usually could shoot in the 80s. They played a couple of holes and decided to make the round interesting with a bet. The scratch player was feeling confident and asked how many strokes the other guy wanted. However, the other guy said he didn’t want any strokes, just two gotchas. The scratch player wasn’t sure what he was talking about but he was feeling so confident, he agreed to the bet. So on the next tee, the scratch player had the honors, took his backswing and just as he was going to hit the ball, the guy snuck up from behind and grabbed the scratch player’s private parts really hard and said “GOTCHA!” Of course, he was in quite a shock and pulled the ball 50 yards left. For the rest of the round, the scratch player played horribly, barely breaking 100. The other player didn’t even do another “gotcha” and was able to win the bet easily. Later, a friend asked the scratch player what went wrong. The scratch player said that he couldn’t make a good swing the rest of the round because he was in such fear of the next gotcha.
Guess you had to be there. Anyway, perhaps somehow there’s a way to give your ex a “gotcha”?
