Hiraeth
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Okay, note to self, do not review photos without ample amounts of caffeine. Sorry about that, guys! 
Anyway, what I do know about (even without the benefit of Starbucks), is law.
So here are the next steps.
Custody has now been resolved by a stipulated settlement. It seems terribly anticlimactic but we wouldn't have gotten any further info had there been a custody trial. Settling is saving Ioan a lot of stress and money (trials are extremely expensive). Plus, with custody sorted, Ioan only has to pay one attorney now. The Elkins Kalt law firm's representation has now ended since they were retained for custody matters only. (Katherine Heersema and [now judge] Anne Kiley, thank you for your service!).
Now, the issues of the financials, and the question of how much child and spousal support is to be paid, are going to be front and center. Not having to pay for a custody trial has been a blessing in disguise because Ioan can now direct all his resources to the support fight. Joseph Langlois, Ioan's attorney as to financial matters, will now be seeking Alice's financials. Her real ones, not the BS "estimated financials" with the $3,000+ dollars in monthly utility costs.
Alice will have to turn them over by a certain date. The deadline will be soon if it hasn't already passed, because a financial trial date has to be set, and even if they settle on financial issues, no lawyer in the world will advocate for a settlement without knowing the full financial picture.
If Alice doesn't provide the financials, or provides incomplete or false financials, or fails to settle with Ioan, there will be a financial trial. Everyone with possible knowledge of the finances will be subpoenaed if Alice won't provide them. That means Gloria, as well as Alice's accountant friend, and maybe even Boshoff since the DM likely pays Alice for stories. There was non-public information in the latest DM article that likely came from Alice (for a fee, of course). So Alice's friends should be well terrified if she won't produce financials, since they may have to testify.
Either way, what Alice submits, or doesn't, will be worked over in every detail by Langlois because this issue dictates how much child and spousal support Ioan will pay going forward. If Alice can't prove she needs support then she won't get much. She may even get nothing, considering the prenup and the massive overpayments that Ioan has made over the past 3 years. It all has to balance out, and that puts Alice at a massive disadvantage. A trial is the worst-case scenario for Alice.
Think about it. If you really needed spousal and child support, wouldn't you be filing your financials immediately to show the court how much money you need? There's something rotten in Beverly Hills, and it ain't the dry ice fish.
At any rate, I will post any new court filings as soon as I get the attorney portal notification that there's new documents!
Anyway, what I do know about (even without the benefit of Starbucks), is law.
So here are the next steps.Custody has now been resolved by a stipulated settlement. It seems terribly anticlimactic but we wouldn't have gotten any further info had there been a custody trial. Settling is saving Ioan a lot of stress and money (trials are extremely expensive). Plus, with custody sorted, Ioan only has to pay one attorney now. The Elkins Kalt law firm's representation has now ended since they were retained for custody matters only. (Katherine Heersema and [now judge] Anne Kiley, thank you for your service!).
Now, the issues of the financials, and the question of how much child and spousal support is to be paid, are going to be front and center. Not having to pay for a custody trial has been a blessing in disguise because Ioan can now direct all his resources to the support fight. Joseph Langlois, Ioan's attorney as to financial matters, will now be seeking Alice's financials. Her real ones, not the BS "estimated financials" with the $3,000+ dollars in monthly utility costs.
Alice will have to turn them over by a certain date. The deadline will be soon if it hasn't already passed, because a financial trial date has to be set, and even if they settle on financial issues, no lawyer in the world will advocate for a settlement without knowing the full financial picture.
If Alice doesn't provide the financials, or provides incomplete or false financials, or fails to settle with Ioan, there will be a financial trial. Everyone with possible knowledge of the finances will be subpoenaed if Alice won't provide them. That means Gloria, as well as Alice's accountant friend, and maybe even Boshoff since the DM likely pays Alice for stories. There was non-public information in the latest DM article that likely came from Alice (for a fee, of course). So Alice's friends should be well terrified if she won't produce financials, since they may have to testify.
Either way, what Alice submits, or doesn't, will be worked over in every detail by Langlois because this issue dictates how much child and spousal support Ioan will pay going forward. If Alice can't prove she needs support then she won't get much. She may even get nothing, considering the prenup and the massive overpayments that Ioan has made over the past 3 years. It all has to balance out, and that puts Alice at a massive disadvantage. A trial is the worst-case scenario for Alice.
Think about it. If you really needed spousal and child support, wouldn't you be filing your financials immediately to show the court how much money you need? There's something rotten in Beverly Hills, and it ain't the dry ice fish.
At any rate, I will post any new court filings as soon as I get the attorney portal notification that there's new documents!
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