Do I really need a divorce lawyer?
I thought would be a good way to start off a Monday,with a question for people to think about. The question to that most of the time is going to be yes, you do need a divorce lawyer, but it also depends a lot on what is at stake in your marriage, which we will go over a few of those in a moment. A divorce is one; hard enough to go through on your own, and tends to be a very stressful time in most peoples lives,so you have to remember,am I thinking clear enough to handle the divorce on my own, I will say if it is a shorter divorce with not a lot at stake, now which lets take a look at that.
1. Is there an estate involved in your divorce? Is there a lot of property to settle in your divorce.
2. Is there children involved in the divorce.....issues with child support and child custody that you and your spouse are already arguing about?
3. Is there a lot of unpaid debt in the divorce...you do not want to get stuck with all the debt...just because you wanted to get out cheap on the divorce.
That is important to remember, saving money on a divorce now, and not paying for a divorce lawyer can hurt you down the road, if you did not know about how to go about the divorce, and now have ended up with most of the debt and seems like the other half has walked away clean. See the nice thing about a divorce lawyer, is they do the thinking for us. They know how things need to be split in a divorce, what is fair and unfair in the divorce process, and work with us to get the divorce done fair.
So just sit and think about what is at stake in your divorce. I say if there is a lot the most important thing you will ever do is get a divorce lawyer, so that things can be done properly. I am not saying you can not do a divorce on your own and honestly if it has been a short marriage,with not a lot to deal with then you can always go for it on your own, but if your looking at a lot of stuff you could lose, or do not want to gain in the divorce, then get a divorce lawyer.