Wrapping Up Your Divorce.
There will be a follow up blog on wrapping up your divorce, there is really too much to cover and I want to make sure that you take the time to read each one. There are certain things you need to do after you are officially divorced, they are important. Today’s blog will give you the first 2 necessary things you will need to do following your divorce, the next blog will be about the appeal if needed after your divorce, and the last follow up step. So you are officially divorced. A divorce is stressful, painful, and most the time heart wrenching. Especially if one is not in favor of the divorce; but it is over now and there are 2 important things you need to do first off.
- YOU must read your divorce order. It is very important that you now, sit down in a nice quiet spot and read over your divorce order carefully. This can not be stressed enough. Do not skim over it, Do not read the beginning or just the end, or the highlights. It is so very important to now sit down and read your divorce papers from beginning to end! Of course you already did this before you signed it, even if you did please read it again; do not rely on your divorce lawyer or the judge. WHY? Because you are the one that is going to have to live with everything that is in that divorce order. So it is important that you understand everything that is in the divorce order. If you have questions, this is the time to also ask your divorce lawyer. You also may want to make a copy of your divorce order and give it to some one you trust, so that they can take the time to read over it also. A person that is new to the divorce papers, and someone that knows you, may spot something you are just not seeing. It also may be too late to bring it up, but the sooner you can deal with something you may have missed in your divorce order, the sooner you can deal with it.
- So the 2nd action you need to take if you have spotted something that is incorrect or that you had no idea was going to be in your divorce order is to change it if necessary. Most people in a divorce do like to keep the fight going, but after these papers have been signed by the judge it is tough to get things changed. There can be some simple changes that can be made, without an appeal; here are some changes that can most the time be made to your divorce order, without an appeal.
1. Typing mistakes within the divorce order can be changed
2. Provisions, such as a bank account that does not exist. You can not transfer money if the bank account does not exist. So some provisions can be changed.
3. IN SOME STATES: if you move quickly enough, you may be able to change things as property settlements. You can tell them you were under extreme stress and your judgment was impaired. When you finally took time to read over the divorce order, you notice the mistake. Not all states will do this. So the next step is?
4. TO APPEAL
Leaving off here today, tomorrow’s discussion will be the next steps you will have to take in the appeal of your divorce order.