I thought they looked a bit TOO friendly to each other

I was working on an uncontested divorce. Initially, both parties came in to see me. They looked as stiff as totem poles and tried their best not to look at each other. One retained me to process an uncontested divorce (all issues agreed upon). The other went home with a settlement agreement to look over - with the understanding that a lawyer cannot represent both people and my strict instruction to get his own lawyer if anything was not understood.

The next meeting, 2 weeks later was much different. Both came in to see me and present a fully signed copy. They were relaxed and very gentle toward each other. Being the trained lawyer that I am - I suspected foul play!

Sure enough, there was something wrong. A week later, I called to let them know the date for the final hearing. It turned out they were trying to call me that day. The whole thing was called off. They wanted to stay married.

I realized, all the paper I threw at them achieved another purpose - to let them know how horrible divorce was. They rediscovered the reasons that made them originally get married - and how I was about to ruin everything. I went home that day feeling very positive.

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