The following are tips you can use if you want to minimize the cost of your divorce, stay out of court as much as possible, and keep the emotional strain on your family to a minimum.
- Make decisions yourself:it may be necessary to seek the aid of a neutral third party but if you want to minimize your cost and simplify your divorce, you and your spouse should personally decide on things such as how the children should be raised, visitation schedules, spousal support (alimony), and how your property and finances will be divided.
- Don't let the lawyers run the show:emotions can run high during the divorce process. Lawyers are usually only concerned with one spouse's interests, their client's. When this is the case, lawyers can sometimes be overzealous about their client's best interests and may not have the best interests of the family in mind.
- Keep the lawyers civil:you and your spouse should tell your lawyers that you believe in a collaborative approach to your divorce and that a combative approach would not be in the best interests of your children. Lawyers should respect their client's wishes in this matter. If they don't, you should find a new lawyer.
- Hire a Collaborative Lawyer. there is a method being practiced by some divorce lawyers called "collaborative law.. This occurs when both spouses and their lawyers agree not to go to court and to share information voluntarily. The two sides work cooperatively to reach an agreed upon settlement. A collaborative lawyer will only work with another collaborative lawyer and will not go to court to represent their client.
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