She may just decide to settle "to get it over with."
Nope. She has basically refused to negotiate since the beginning. She made an initial offer that was completely unreasonable and has refused to budge.
The good news, so far, is that other than the custody evaluation... I have been right about everything so far. She refused to budge on her initial offer of valuation of our major assets... but after appraisals... she was off by $100,000+, which is what I told her.
Prior to the economy shutting down, her attorney basically said that negotiations were over (not that they ever started) and said that we'll just go to court.
I sent her an offer about three weeks ago. Although she saw the message (the software says that she viewed it almost immediately), she has not even acknowledged the offer.
Unless you have huge pending issues that need resolution now, sitting back and waiting, while frustrating, might provoke action on her part.
The huge pending issue is that I am poor because of the judge's temporary ruling from last June.
I am paying STBXW $1000-$1200 per month more than I should (by my estimate) and I am short of making ends meet by about $800-$1000 per month. Right now, I earn double what she makes... but her take-home pay is about double mine.
And, because she is such a sweetheart, she has convinced our kids that I still have all of the money. At first, I was spending "all of my money on my girlfriend." More recently, I am spending "all of my money on my apartment." I'm sorry... I didn't know that I wasn't supposed to have a reasonable place to be a single dad of three kids (each kid has their own bedroom).
Me: Crap, I'm 50 years old. D-Day: August 30, 2016. Two years of false reconciliation. Divorce final: Feb 1, 2021. Re-married: December 3, 2022.