An expensive lesson in foreign divorce

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An expensive lesson in foreign divorce
By Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, November 25, 2007


There’s a right way to hire a divorce lawyer in Germany, and there’s at least one wrong way.

Daniel Wise, an audio visual assistant at the training support center in Hanau, Germany, knows at least one wrong way.

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Wise’s first mistake happened more than six months ago. That’s when he picked a divorce attorney at random from an advertisement in Stars and Stripes.

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Wise hired Gerdien in May, and paid her half the 900 euros she’d asked for as a deposit. He immediately forwarded her all the documents she wanted.

He’d already endured the mandatory cooling-off period required before divorce in Germany, and was well on his way to a divorce he and his wife both wanted.

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“When dealing with people on the Germany economy, Americans really need to protect themselves, know what to look for, and where to go for sound advice in certain matters,” he wrote.


Rest of article at: http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=50502