The Divorce Papers: A Novel

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30 and we still have not heard from you or your lawyers. Would you please acknowledge receipt of the Summons and Complaint? For your information, we enclose a Notice of Automatic Court Orders and inform you that they have been in effect since the day you were served, a fact independent consultation with counsel will confirm.
    We are in the process of drafting a separation and custody agreement. Your husband wishes to conclude the agreement within the statutory 90 days of the Return Date, so that the Interim Decree may issue on day 91, June 7, 1999, and the final decree, the Decree Nisi, may issue 90 days later, on September 6, 1999. Given the substantial economic resources of both you and your husband, we do not anticipate either protracted negotiations or a trial.
    In the interest of promoting an early disposition of this matter, Dr. Durkheim is closing your joint checking account as of April 1. Other measures indicating a separation of property may be taken shortly.
    We look forward to hearing from you or your attorney.
    Sincerely yours,

    Ray Kahn, Esq.

Commonwealth of Narragansett
    Family Court
County: Tyler
 
Docket No: 99-27
    Notice of Automatic Court Orders
Daniel E. Durkheim
 
Plaintiff
 
v.
 
Maria M. Durkheim
 
Defendant
    The following Automatic Orders shall apply to both parties where the plaintiff has filed a complaint of dissolution, legal separation, or annulment against the defendant. The Automatic Orders shall be effective with regard to the plaintiff upon the signing of the complaint and with regard to the defendant upon service and shall remain in place during the pendency of the action, unless terminated, modified, or amended by further order of the courts upon motion of either of the parties. The Return Date for Service in this proceeding is: March 8, 1999
    1. Neither party shall sell, transfer, encumber, conceal, assign, remove, or in any way dispose of any property individually or jointly held by the parties without the consent of the other party in writing or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for customary and usual household expenses or for reasonable attorney fees in connection with this action.
    2. Neither party shall incur unreasonable debts hereafter, including but not limited to further borrowing against any credit line secured by the family residence, further encumbrancing any assets, or unreasonably using credit cards or cash advances against credit cards.
    3. The parties shall each complete and exchange sworn financial statements by: April 7, 1999 (or 30 days after the Return Date). The parties may thereafter enter and submit to the court a stipulated order allocating income and expenses, in accord with the Uniform Child Support Guidelines.
    4.The Case Management Date for this case is: May 7, 1999 (no earlier than 60 days after the Return Date). If custody or visitation is contested or if any financial issues are disputed, the parties must agree to a schedule of discovery deadlines or appear with their attorney in court on the Case Management Date.
    5. Neither party shall permanently remove the minor child or children from the Commonwealth of Narragansett, without written consent of the other or order of the court.
    6. The parties, if they have a minor child or children, shall participate in the Parent Education Program before: May 7, 1999 (60 days of the Return Date).
    7. Neither party shall cause the other party or the children of the marriage to be removed from any medical, hospital, and dental insurance coverage, and each party shall maintain the existing medical, hospital, and dental insurance coverage in full force and effect.
    8. Neither party shall change the beneficiaries of any existing life insurance policies, and each party shall maintain the existing life insurance, automobile insurance, and homeowner’s or renter’s insurance policies in full force and effect.
    9. If the parties are living together on the date of service of these orders,

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