What Happens When You File For Divorce?

What Happens When You File For Divorce?

Divorce is a major life-changing event. It is one that doesn't just involve you and your spouse but all invested parties. If you are considering divorce, you may not fully understand the entirety of the process. Before making any huge decisions, we advise that you educated yourself on all options.

This divorce blog will be one of your greatest resources. It consists of the Top 5 Tips when preparing for a divorce. As stated, divorce is an overwhelming life-changing decision and the more prepared you are the betters.

1. Collect & Organize All Documents: Divorce is a document-driven legal process. Having all your financial information together can save you lots of time and money. These documents include your income tax returns, W-2 forms, paycheck stubs, bank statements, credit card statements, and more. These documents have to be collected and organized for your attorney to better assess your case.

2. Educated Yourself: Knowledge is key. The more you educate yourself before the divorce process the easier your divorce process is likely to go. Divorce affects almost every aspect of your life. So understanding the ends and outs of the process will better help you deal with the additional life-changing aspects divorce can have. It is best to inform yourself on the following: dividing property, child support, spousal support, personal finance, real estate, parenting, child psychology, conflict resolution and more. Knowing the basics in these areas will make the process less frightening.

3. Understand Your Finances & Create A Financial Plan: Divorce can be a very expensive legal process. So you first want to make sure this is the direction you want to move forward in and second you need to understand your finances. You can't equally divide up your assets unless you know what you have and own. With that information, you want to start planning for post-divorce future. Before you go through with the divorce process you need to make sure you can solely financial support all the bills within your household. This tip is extremely important because it helps you budget for a future without a secondary income.

4. Build a Team: Divorce can be a very mentality exhausting process. No one should go through the process alone. Divorce is not just a legal process it also deals with your finances and emotions. So, you should consider building a team consisting of a divorce lawyer, finical adviser, and therapist. All these parties will work to support you in one of the most difficult times of your life.

5. Make Sure You Have a Strong Support System: As well as having a strong legal team, it is just as important to have a support system. This support system should consist of family and friends that are mentality prepared for the turmoil divorce can bring to all. Make sure they are prepared to be there for you during court hearings, mediation and round the clock phone calls.

While the thought of divorce can be both unsettling and scary, we at David Glicken Law Firm want you to know that you don't have to go through it alone. With these tips we hope preparing for a divorce seems less overwhelming. The more prepared you are for a divorce the more smoothly the process can go.

Does that mean that this will be a beautiful experience?

Not necessarily but preparing for a divorce allows you to better make healthy decisions for all parties involved (especially if children are).