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A judge denied a couple’s request to legally divorce, claiming she could not find evidence their marriage is “irretrievably broken.”
Attorneys for both parties told WAVE 3 News that Doug and Nicole Potts, married since 2008, had been separated since November.
The couple told the judge they had successfully been co-parenting their younger daughter and were cordial with each other during the hearing for her well-being.
At the end of the hearing, Meredith told the couple she believed they could work things out.
“I get the vibe that you all might be able to work this out. And I could be wrong, but I sit through a lot of these things,” the judge said.
She then asked the couple if they’d be willing to try counseling.
“Would it be beneficial to either of you all if I order you to go to reconciliation counseling, or are you past that?” Meredith asked.
“I mean, I would say we’re past that,” Nicole Potts responded.
Despite that conversation, Meredith issued the order, which read in part:
“While it is highly unusual, in this instance, the Court cannot make the finding at this time that this marriage is irretrievably broken based upon the testimony and evidence before it. Frankly, the Court observes these parties to be two people who have lost the ability to communicate with one another about their emotional relationship and, perhaps, have let their pride become a wall between them.”
Judge denies divorce, saying they ‘might be able to work this out’.
A judge denied a couple’s request to legally divorce, claiming she could not find evidence their marriage is “irretrievably broken.”
Attorneys for both parties told WAVE 3 News that Doug and Nicole Potts, married since 2008, had been separated since November.
The couple told the judge they had successfully been co-parenting their younger daughter and were cordial with each other during the hearing for her well-being.
At the end of the hearing, Meredith told the couple she believed they could work things out.
“I get the vibe that you all might be able to work this out. And I could be wrong, but I sit through a lot of these things,” the judge said.
She then asked the couple if they’d be willing to try counseling.
“Would it be beneficial to either of you all if I order you to go to reconciliation counseling, or are you past that?” Meredith asked.
“I mean, I would say we’re past that,” Nicole Potts responded.
Despite that conversation, Meredith issued the order, which read in part:
“While it is highly unusual, in this instance, the Court cannot make the finding at this time that this marriage is irretrievably broken based upon the testimony and evidence before it. Frankly, the Court observes these parties to be two people who have lost the ability to communicate with one another about their emotional relationship and, perhaps, have let their pride become a wall between them.”
Judge denies divorce, saying they ‘might be able to work this out’.