roccoschili Chapter 718 Winning the Lawsuit
Chapter 718 Winning the Lawsuit
"no problem."
He picked up the documents and said, "I won't be going back this afternoon. A client is coming over later, so I'd appreciate it if the front desk could keep an eye out for them."
"Did you take on any other cases today?"
Attorney Nie smiled and said, "This isn't a case I took today; it's a case from last year. It's about Tang Xiaofen and Wang Jianguo's divorce. Originally, I handed my case over to one of my junior colleagues, but she got pregnant and has been having severe morning sickness lately, making it difficult for her to go to work. She's also transferred all her cases out of the office."
"Oh." Lin Yuyao asked again, "Did their divorce go smoothly?"
"It has to go smoothly, it's not a troublesome case."
"I heard that if the man doesn't agree to a divorce, it's very difficult to get one," Lin Yuyao said, frowning.
Attorney Nie said, "The husband cheated on his wife, had an illegitimate child, and was abusive... If I can't get a divorce in this situation, I might as well quit being a lawyer; I'm a useless person."
He paused for a moment, then said, "Or maybe the judge is blind."
But Lin Yuyao knew about the outrageous divorce case.
The man cheated on his wife but claimed that the relationship had not broken down.
He's about to be beaten to death, and he still says there's love between them, that hitting is a sign of affection, and scolding is a sign of love. Why doesn't he hit others, but only you? Of course, it's because he loves you.
Of course, she believed that such cases were definitely rare.
In two days, it will be Tang Xiaofen's divorce case, and Attorney Nie has been staying in Chenshan Town for three consecutive days.
While filing a lawsuit against the tabloid that spread the rumors, he also helped Tang Xiaofen with her legal case.
The trial is tomorrow, and Jiang Mei has approached Tang Xiaofen again for a final attempt to salvage the situation.
"How embarrassing would it be for a family to end up in court? We're farmers who toil in the fields for a living. The grain we grow all year only earns a few dollars a pound. Are you really willing to give that money to a lawyer?"
She thought all lawsuits cost the same, and that divorce cases didn't cost much at all.
However, that's not the point. The point is that no matter what the cost, Tang Xiaofen shouldn't miss this opportunity to leave this family.
She wants a divorce, and no one can stop her.
"Where...where did you get the money?"
"It's none of your business."
"What do you mean it's none of our business? Tell me, did you steal the money from home?"
Tang Xiaofen sneered, "How could I possibly steal your money?"
Jiang Mei: "..." That makes sense.
Stealing money from home? Tang Xiaofen doesn't have that ability.
"Alright, I won't argue with you about where your money came from. I'm here today to talk to you about the two children. If you're determined to get a divorce, what will happen to the children?"
"My daughter stays with me, and my son stays with Wang Jianguo."
"Jianguo is in jail now, how is he supposed to raise his children?"
"If you don't want them, both children will stay with me."
"How can you take care of two children when you're a woman without a man by your side?"
"Then you can help Wang Jianguo take care of it."
Jiang Mei shook her head and said, "No, no, I can't take him. Your father is paralyzed now and needs someone to take care of him. I can take care of him enough, how can I take care of Xiao Zhi?"
Tang Xiaofen snorted, "If this won't work and that won't work, you might as well stop worrying about this and just listen to the judge's decision. We'll listen to whatever they decide."
Jiang Mei: "..."
"But I'm telling you this upfront: I'm going to change all my children's surnames."
"What?" Jiang Mei's face showed great surprise.
Tang Xiaofen continued, "Since they've followed me, of course they'll take my surname. From now on, they'll have nothing to do with your Wang family."
“How can this be? Both children are from the Wang family, they must take the surname Wang.”
She looked Tang Xiaofen up and down; she was so young, only in her early twenties.
She could very well divorce and remarry.
Then wouldn't the two children from Old Wang's family become someone else's? And wouldn't they have to call some random man their father?
How is this possible?
In Jiang Mei's dictionary, this was simply turning the world upside down.
"No, you can't. You're not taking either of the children with you."
Tang Xiaofen simply said, "Whatever you want, I'll leave it all to the judge."
Jiang Mei is a supporter of male chauvinism and has spent her entire life in the mountains, only recently venturing out to see the world.
Therefore, her thinking is very outdated.
She naively believed that the child was born to belong to the man's family.
Men sow the seeds, and women are merely the land from which the seeds are borne.
The judge cannot award the child to the woman.
Besides, there's a saying that it's better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage, so she didn't believe the judge would actually grant them a divorce.
The result was a slap in the face.
The court announced its support for Tang Xiaofen and Wang Jianguo's divorce, and that each parent would have one child and share child support.
Tang Xiaofen had originally fought for custody of her son, thinking that since he was still young, she could raise him well while he was still young, which would be better than him living with someone like Jiang Mei.
However, Jiang Mei and Wang Jianguo strongly opposed it, shouting that their son was the root of their Wang family. If Tang Xiaofen dared to take their son away, it would be equivalent to cutting off their family's roots. As long as Wang Jianguo was alive, he would fight her to the death.
In most families with two children, judges will award the sentence one child at a time.
If we can't reach an agreement on child custody, we can't get a divorce today.
So Tang Xiaofen relented.
Of course, this was an outcome she had anticipated from the beginning.
You can take your daughter with you, but you definitely can't take your son.
So the daughter stayed with her, and the son stayed with Wang Jianguo.
The two kept their own savings and had no financial disputes.
Wang Jianguo is currently in prison, so Wang Zhi will be cared for by his mother, Jiang Mei.
The judgment took effect immediately, meaning that from this moment on, Wang Jianguo and Tang Xiaofen were no longer husband and wife.
Wang Jianguo couldn't accept it and shouted, "How did you rule in this case? I don't agree to the divorce, I don't agree!"
Unfortunately, Wang Jianguo was soon taken away by someone.
Whether he agrees or disagrees is not up to him.
Jiang Mei couldn't accept it either, and sat down on the ground, shouting, "Gods, you're blind! Our family is ruined, we can't live anymore, we can't survive..."
As she spoke, she was about to ram her head against the wall.
However, the staff caught her, and she didn't manage to crash into it.
"No noise is allowed in this restricted area of the court."
"Pah! No noise allowed? My family's ruined, I can't go on living..."
She sat on the ground and threw a tantrum, but it was no use; the judge had already left.
Several staff members immediately kicked her out.
Seeing that her tantrums were useless and she was even kicked out, she started crying and playing the emotional card outside the courthouse.
“My son is in jail, my husband is paralyzed, and my grandchildren are still young and can’t be without their mother’s care. I beg you, please don’t grant a divorce. If my daughter-in-law leaves, this family will be completely ruined.”
Those who didn't know the situation might have thought she had suffered some great injustice, but little did they know that there were people in the crowd who knew about her family affairs.
They said directly, "Your family's current predicament is not your daughter-in-law's fault at all; it's all your son's fault."