What To Expect During The Divorce Process

So you have finally decided to start the divorce process, what happens now? Listen to your divorce lawyer about any shared financial responsibilities, and tread carefully in your personal life during this process. What else can you expect to happen when you file for divorce? Read below to find out more.

Expect to enter a bizarre time warp. It's rare that partners reach a mutual decision to divorce. Typically, one partner makes this decision and the second spouse gets dragged along. (Let's call them the "dumper" and the "dumpee.") In any event, in most states, when one spouse says it's over, it is. There may be hoops to jump through but if someone wants out of a marriage (and tells the court that the marriage is irretrievably broken) the court will eventually dissolve the marriage. Of course, before a couple can be divorced parenting and financial decisions have to be made and paperwork must be prepared and filed with the court. To the dumper, this whole thing may feel like it's happening in slow motion. And, for the dumpee, it moves at the speed of light.

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