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Meeting With A Divorce Lawyer.

We have discussed some of the steps about selecting a divorce lawyer.  There is an importance with meeting with several divorce lawyers and researching them. There are also some very important things you need to be prepared for and bring along to meet with a divorce lawyer.  If you or the lawyer is not prepared, then the process can not go smoothly.  So after you have chosen your divorce lawyer, here is some of the basic information you need to give them so that throughout the process of the divorce, you can be reached at anytime.
  1. Your home address, this will be needed through the divorce process at all times.
  2. The address from where you work.
  3. Your home phone number
  4. If you have a cell phone, and pager.
  5. Your work phone number.
  6. Also if you have a fax number, this can be important, because at anytime your divorce lawyer can send you important information to read, right at your fingertips.
  7. If you have an email address this can be just as handy as the fax.
 So make sure that this information is wrote down and taken to meet with the divorce lawyer you have chosen.  It is important they have many ways of contacting you throughout the divorce. Another important key factor when you go to meet with your divorce lawyer is to give them al the key factors and why you have chosen to go through a divorce.  You will want to let them know how many people are in the divorce (children involved).  How you and your spouse are getting along is another importance, it can help the divorce go a lot smoother, if they know what to expect from the other side.  The problems with your marriage, and all background information.  It is important to also write down anything you receive from your spouse, when you talk, letters along with the date.  If you have any photos, witnesses, or accident reports, if things have gone really bad in the marriage. Your lawyer may also give you a questionnaire, read over it and fill out all the information carefully.  You may also want to prepare questions to ask your lawyer in the process. Knowing all of your options in a divorce case is important, and how your divorce lawyer will handle each thing is important. How long will the divorce case last.  Remember to tell your lawyer everything….it can save you ending back in court 

 

Posted: Dec 19 2007, 08:19 AM by Divorce | with no comments
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