- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
I went thru a pretty nasty divorce. Opposing counsel coached my now ex-wife to file a bogus restraining order, as well as multiple lies to the court. We're down to the final two QDROs, where my ex-wife is taking half of my retirement accounts, in addition to 100% of my assets (no children involved). Her lawyer told me that one of the QDROs had a wrong piece of info on the first page. Without my consent or approval, she went back and changed the wrong info (created two new pages) then, she she modified the PDF to use HER first two pages, keeping the last two pages (which contains my signature). There is no notation on the document, indicating that the first two pages were substituted by her. She has since notified me that it has been filed with the court for the judge's signature. She did not inform the court of her changes and did not ask my permission to falsify the document.
While this change does not modify the amount of money, it seems to me that she just filed a false document with the court and without any kind of prior authorization from me and without letting the judge know either. Is this not a clear ethics violation? Am I correct in thinking that she should be reported to the Board of Professional Responsibility? Yes, I WANT to do damage to her career. She fully deserves it.
While this change does not modify the amount of money, it seems to me that she just filed a false document with the court and without any kind of prior authorization from me and without letting the judge know either. Is this not a clear ethics violation? Am I correct in thinking that she should be reported to the Board of Professional Responsibility? Yes, I WANT to do damage to her career. She fully deserves it.
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