I forgot to add it was a Divorce for Cause, the quick No Fault Divorce doesn't work if you don't know where they are. Also a bailiff had to go to her last known address to confirm she didn't live there before it got published in the paper. I didn't grease any palms, but I have heard that the lawyer I used does do that (as they all probably do) I'd rather not know.
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Dominicana Needs Divorce From Foreigner Left
"The lawyer cost me quite a bit, but that is because I am a gringo."
Do you want to say that lawyers here bill gringos more than locals? For the same service?
not only lawyers and not only gringos. If they think you can afford to pay more they will charge more. With gringos its just more common
Have to call a spade a spade most people here value money more than god or their own children and will do anything to gain it.. if your a gringo they think your a walking ATM Machine...Furthermore the folks who do have Money want everything for free and think everyone else is below them... once you understand this you can live better if not maybe this island is not for you...
Regards Sir Knight..
Regards Sir Knight..
Just in a daily conversation count the amount of words “cuarto”, “Dolares”, “pesos” , “jeepeta” you hear.
I am looking to do the same, but I am from NYC. Are you from DR or outside of DR? I have been seeking advice on how to go about this, I don't know where my husband is, just that he left back to DR from NYC. Can you provide more details? Thanks.
A more likely situation is he figured out she didn't have any money and left her. That's how it normally works.
She cannot get a quickie divorce ("divorcio al vapor") because for that she needs her husband's consent. It would have to be a regular divorce, most probably based on "incompatibilidad de caracteres". Her husband will have to be served through the Fiscal (who will send the notice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which in turn will send it to the Dominican consulate nearest the place abroad where the husband lives). If the she doesn't know her husband's address, then he can be served through a special process for people with no known address. This is not a $350 job. She should beware of a fraudulent divorce with no notice or a false notice to her husband, which might be easily voided later.