Chapter 17: First Sight of Sioux City
At the second court session, Su Xia felt obviously disadvantageous and weak, and was no longer able to cope and parry. That night, according to the solemn suggestion, Su Xia dialed Su Cheng's phone.
"Hello, Lawyer Su, I'm Su Xia."
"Well, I heard that today's court session didn't go very well." Su Xia originally wanted to say a few polite greetings, ask if it was convenient, and apologize for the interruption at night, but he didn't expect Su Cheng to cut straight to the point, and it seemed that Zhuang Zheng had already provided a "summary of the previous situation".
"Well, he asked for a change in custody, and inexplicably asked me to print all kinds of bank statements, and also provided a lot of new evidence in court."
"Yes, after all, he hired a professional lawyer, and there are a lot of skills in the lawsuit, so you can easily be tricked by him."
"I thought about the lawsuit too simply......" Reality dealt Su Xia a heavy blow.
"It's normal, if you can't fight yourself, what do you want a lawyer to do, hahaha......" Su Cheng laughed, looking very relaxed, like this boulder pressing on Su Xia's heart, the huge difficulty in front of him was nothing to him.
"I'm very worried that I don't have custody of my son, and I can do whatever I want." Susha grieved. When she thought of using her son as a weight to obtain greater financial benefits, Su Xia was extremely uncomfortable, but she was also helpless.
"There is a solution to everything, since he didn't plan to ask for it at the beginning, there is still a solution, and his purpose is not necessarily to really ask for child custody. I can't say a word or two on the phone, so let's do it, tomorrow is Saturday, you can come to my law firm. ”
"Good!" Su Xia completely agreed, she needed someone to answer her questions and help and support. "What time is the right time?"
Su Cheng paused slightly, "Nine o'clock, I made an appointment with a client at ten o'clock, and I arrived at the law firm early at nine o'clock." "It seems that his schedule is quite full.
"Okay, please tell me the address of the law firm."
"Law Firm, I'll send you the address."
"Well, okay, I'm sorry to bother you on the big night." Towards the end, Susha apologized.
"You're welcome, let's meet tomorrow and talk about it in detail."
"Okay, see."
Hanging up the phone, Su Xia looked at the time a little past nine o'clock, Xibao should not have fallen asleep yet. Because he was preparing for a lawsuit, Su Xia sent his son to his own mother Xia Qina to live temporarily. After all, he is already old, and he can live alone in his grandmother's house. After the video call, Su Xia quickly fell asleep after washing up, and her extremely tired body and mind needed sleep to replenish energy.
The next day, Su Xia arrived 30 minutes early at the building of Su Cheng's law firm, which is an office building located in the bustling business district of the third ring road of the imperial capital. Seeing that it was still early, Su Xia walked into Starbucks on the first floor of the office building and bought two cups of Mocha and brought them with him.
When the elevator reached the tenth floor, the elevator door opened, and the words "Law Firm" came into view. Turn left and there is the front desk, and there is no one on the rest day. Su Xia walked forward along the corridor of the front desk, only to see signs on the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass doors and windows in the corridor indicating contract disputes, criminal defense, and international disputes...... Wait a minute.
At nine o'clock on the weekend, the entire floor is dark and empty. Su Xia could easily see the office with the lights on and the figures dangling under the sign of the civil lawsuit.
Knocking on the glass door twice, Su Xia asked, "Is it Lawyer Su?" ”
Su Cheng was wearing a black standard suit, of medium height, neither fat nor thin, and was bending over to sort out his papers. Hearing the voice, he straightened up, and saw Su Xia standing at the door wearing a dark green pattern dress, his eyes quickly looked up and down, and when the four eyes met, he said, "Yes, you are Su Xia." ”
"Well, yes, sorry to bother you early in the morning." Su Xia smiled, and her words were apologetic for the interruption.
"You're welcome, come in and sit." Su Cheng sat back at his desk and motioned for Su Xia to take a seat in the black office seat opposite.
Su Xia walked in, put the coffee on the large brown desk in Su City, and said, "I passed by the coffee shop downstairs and brought a cup along the way." Then sit down in a chair and set the large shoulder bag aside.
"You're so polite. Okay, thanks. Did you bring all the materials? ”
"Brought it." Su Xia sorted out a file bag, labeled all the evidence materials prepared for the prosecution and Chen Xuan's indictment and evidence into categories, and said while pulling out the bag and saying, "This is what I can think of myself, and what you reminded me to sort out." ”
"Okay, let's take a look."
Sioux City took a quick look at the thick stacks of materials.
"Do you have to get a divorce?"
"Yes!" Su Xia couldn't have been more determined than at this time. From the moment he received the indictment, from the scene when he saw Chen Xuan's ugly face in the courtroom...... Su Xia's hatred and disgust increased on top of her already firm will to divorce.
"But the current situation is not good for you."
The second court session really made Su Xia realize that the strength cast by his "light enemy" was inadequate.
"Is it possible that the custody of the son belongs to him?"
"Yes, there is such a possibility, objectively speaking, he has an advantage over you. You have no advantage other than taking care of the children all the time. The worst outcome may be that the custody of the son belongs to him, you pay child support, and if he can't compensate you, the house will be auctioned and divided, and he and his mother have a large part of the debt relationship, and the mortgage is repaid by him, if this debt relationship is established, you will receive a small amount of house payment, do you accept this result? ”
"I can't accept it! The mortgage is still paid, but I am paying for the daily living expenses, and it is only a lot more than the mortgage every month! ”
"This is not easy to prove, and the second is that it cannot be divided into the subdivision of the house, and the loan repayment record is easy to prove."
Su Xia breathed a sigh of relief, "My son will go to elementary school next year, if this house is sold and divided, how will he go to school next year." ”
"Yes, that's a real problem."
"Shouldn't he give me mental compensation for cheating?"
"There is no such article in the law, not to mention that even if you are given 50,000, do you think it makes a lot of sense?"
Su Xia was aggrieved and speechless.
"Yes, so it's one thing to want a divorce, and it's another thing to be able to leave or not to leave immediately."
"So what to do?" Su Xia looked at Su Cheng extremely longingly, full of grievances and helplessness. The worst outcome of the lawsuit may be that the son will be raised by Chen Xuan, the house will be sold, and Su Xia will get the poor property in his hands to end the ten-year marriage. Although this outcome may only have a few percent chance, for Su Xia, even if it is one in a thousand, one in ten thousand, she will never dare to gamble or take this risk. When she thought of her smart and lovely son, who was loved by his parents and enjoyed a good education and material conditions, suddenly fell into a lack of father and a young mother, could only live with his grandmother, and may not even go to school, and embarked on a crooked life path, Su Xia's heart was like a knife, and she was so painful that she couldn't breathe.
"Now look at it, the agreement is more beneficial to you, in this case, try to agree, in fact, most ordinary people's divorce cases, we recommend agreement, litigation is too laborious, easy not to litigate, in addition, even if the lawsuit is to be fully prepared. There are a lot of skills and routines in litigation, if he doesn't hire a lawyer, it's okay to say, the key is that he did, it seems that he also hired a not very authentic lawyer, so it's normal that you can't parry. Su Cheng hesitated slightly, "As far as the current situation is concerned, my opinion is not to agree with the divorce. ”
"Don't agree to a divorce?" Su Xia was surprised.
"Yes, I don't agree. One is that you are too passive now, and the other is that the timing is not right, the house division and the children's school are all practical problems to face, not to mention that your current work is also in a critical period. "It seems that it is not only a matter of divorce, but also a little bit about the solemn situation of work." Generally, the first time you sue a lawsuit, as long as one party does not agree to the divorce, the court will decide not to agree to the divorce, not to mention whether he is the cheating party or the plaintiff, you are the weaker party, as long as you do not agree to the divorce, the court will agree. After the court ruled that he could not sue again for six months after the divorce was not allowed, that is, you have at least six months to prepare, and you can sue directly at any time or wait for the child to file a lawsuit after the child enters school next year, or if he files a lawsuit again, it will not affect the child's schooling. ”
Susha fell into deep thought. Su Xia understands that although she has 10,000 reasons for divorce, this is not an impulsive time, nor can she be impulsive, let alone desperate for divorce, especially if her son has a stable residence and education, if the only housing school district house is sold and divided, relying on Su Xia's not too generous salary to raise her son, and also to bear a huge amount of school district mortgage, Su Xia will not be able to bear it. What's more, Chen Xuan's actions and irresponsible performances since his derailment and in court are all problems, and Su Xia must be prepared to raise his son alone, including psychological and material preparations. So she can't take risks, even if the worst outcome is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, she has to think long-term to minimize the damage to her son.
"Well, okay, I'll think about not agreeing to a divorce."
Su Cheng looked through the evidence prepared by Su Xia again, if he insisted on the divorce, pointed out what the evidence was insufficient, what else needed to be added, and what to say in the divorce court if he did not agree, he made a quick and detailed explanation.
The clock immediately pointed to ten o'clock.
"Well, that's probably it, and then if there's anything you haven't said or have any questions, you can always call us." Sioux City said.
"Well, thank you for your valuable comments. You see that's the case, before and after a lot of trouble for you, today has taken up so long, do you see how I charge you? ”
Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I didn't help you anything, I only provided a little advice, the lawsuit is all fought by yourself, the consulting fee is counted, you want me to act as an agent for the lawsuit, but my agency fee is very expensive." Sioux City quipped.
Su Xia also knew that he was not cheap, and Zhuang Zhuang once said that he was more expensive, and it would be no problem if he just consulted, not to mention that for Su Xia, who was suddenly divorced and had no savings and had to raise a child independently, even if the starting price of 50,000 yuan was a huge amount of money for her.
"However, if you feel that you can't cope with it and want to find a lawyer, I can arrange for my assistant lawyer to go, because even if you want me to go, I can't arrange my time, to be honest, I can't go to this kind of small lawsuit, but you can contact me at any time if you have any questions, this is no problem."
"I'm so grateful for the trouble! I'll go back and think about it. Su Xia smiled and thanked him.
"It's okay, I've got it all on my solemn head." Su Cheng's face softened a lot, no longer the strict face of a lawyer, and said with a slight smile.
"Okay, I'll definitely communicate with Mr. Zhuang." Su Xia laughed.
While he was laughing, his client also arrived, and Su Xia also thanked him and said goodbye and left.