Regardless of what has brought you to this place – the end of your marriage – my goal is to help you get through the process of legally dissolving your marriage in as straightforward a manner as possible.
You and your spouse are splitting. Your marriage is over. Your wife is impossible. Your husband’s been lying. You both have retained lawyers. And now, because you cannot agree on anything, you are going to court. You tell your divorce attorney:
Your wife had an affair and often leaves your young children unattended.
You want your attorney to make sure to share every detail in court.
To err is human. To forgive is divine. Everyone makes mistakes. It happens. However, if you are considering divorcing your spouse, some errors are easy enough to avoid. Make them anyway, and they are likely to cost you in your divorce. Here are three potential missteps you can avoid when dissolving your marriage:
Ignorance is not bliss – and never less so than when it comes to divorcing spouses.
As crushing as it may be to discover your spouse has cheated on you with someone else, the impact of infidelity on your divorce in New York is minimal. Regardless, adultery remains the number one reason for ending a marriage.
Regardless of how long you’ve been married, five months or 50 years, filing for divorce is one of the most wrenching decisions you will ever make.
During a divorce, emotions often run high. It’s no secret that many soon-to-be ex-spouses often harbor animosity towards one another for any number of reasons. And that animosity can, in turn, spill over into the proceedings.
Can I talk to my husband during our divorce?
Legally speaking, you can have any discussions you want with your soon-to-be ex-husband or ex-wife while your case is going forward unless there is an order of protection in place prohibiting
You fell in love. You got married. You started a business together, or one of you invited the other to join them in their existing business venture. Time passed. Your business thrived. Your marriage did not. Now what?