My husband and I wanted a divorce without the divorce part. No adversarial process. No lawyers telling us what we 'deserved.' We thought: Why not handle it ourselves' Lawyers are expensive; ChatGPT is cheap, even free at first. I typed: We agree on everything and want an amicable divorce. Can we write our own agreement, get it notarized, and file it ourselves without hiring lawyers' What exactly do we need to submit' What I didn't understand'and what a bank I later tried to get a mortgage from absolutely did'was that a signed settlement agreement is not the same thing as a court-finalized divorce decree. The agreement still has to be incorporated into a judgment and entered by a judge. That takes time, at least six months in California. When I finally understood that, the first condo I'd fallen in love with'the one that made the transition feel slightly less paralyzing'was gone. And still, I went back to ChatGPT for more. Even now, I keep asking AI questions I should take to...
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