Plenty of marriages these days end in divorce, and not all divorces are acrimonious. It’s easy to see why you need a divorce attorney if your divorce is bitter and you and your soon-to-be-ex-spouse are fighting over property, child custody, and maybe even the reason the marriage is ending in the first place. But what if you and your spouse want to divorce on […]
A divorce petition is a legal document that’s filed with the court, usually by a spouse who is seeking a divorce. Its purpose is to inform the court of the filing spouse’s desire to dissolve the marital union. Filing the divorce petition with the court begins the divorce process. Serving the divorce petition to the other spouse lets him […]
Although the assets of a divorce might get most of the focus, the debts can be just as important. After all, the bills you acquired while you were married still have to be paid somehow. Credit card debt can get complicated when one spouse might have made purchases that the other doesn’t feel they should have to pay for. Here’s a brief idea […]
No matter which side of the divorce you are on, you probably have a concern about how finances are going to end up afterward. One solution is often alimony or spousal support. Spousal support is money that one spouse pays to the other during a divorce and for some time after the […]
Hearing that your spouse wants a divorce when you want to continue working on the marriage can be one of the most difficult moments you’ll ever face. Hearing advice telling you to hire an attorney may feel like adding insult to injury. If the divorce is your spouse’s idea, why do you have to pay for a lawyer?