Okay, so I will spare you the bulk of the gory details, but in a nutshell, my wife left me and our three children in 07/2008, left the state for her home state 500 miles away, didn't pay anything in child support for over a year, (I filed for divorce shortly after we both signed a separation agreement form prior to her moving, I ultimately was granted pendente lite and later sole legal/physical custody of our 3 kids, child support, etc.). At the time of the divorce hearing, not enough time had passed since the summons had been served on my wife to grant me a default absolute divorce, so the hearing went through on the limited divorce, which I was granted. Then they closed the entire case while an order for default was still pending on the "absolute" side of things. Now my, sort of but not really, ex-wife has enlisted in the Army, and is leaving for parts unknown in like two weeks! This whole process has taken nearly two years at this point, I never want to have to use the words "limited" or "absolute" in a sentence ever again (lol), and I have a borderline incompetent lawyer whose bumblings and procrastinated filings is a big reason that I am in this predicament in the first place. Any advice you could offer as to what I can do given the case's current "closed/inactive" status, and how things will be complicated by my wife's decision to enlist, would be most appreciated! Thanks for your time and for providing some concise wisdom in a legal world full of convoluted confusion..
