To many people, preparing for divorce sounds cold, calculating, and more than a little bit manipulative. Yet, when you're facing the end of your marriage, nothing is more important than being prepared for what lies ahead.
"Preparing for divorce" doesn't need to be sleazy, secretive, or underhanded. It doesn't mean you need to (or should!) spend years hiding money in offshore accounts, or carefully timing your divorce so that it puts your spouse at a disadvantage. It DOES mean that you need to understand how the divorce system works, have a firm grasp on your personal finances, know your rights and responsibilities, and create a concrete plan that will enable you to move forward with confidence BEFORE you dive into your divorce.
5 Key Takeaways About Preparing for Divorce
1. Start with your emotions.
Preparing yourself emotionally before and during a divorce makes the whole process less reactive and dramatic. Getting support through a therapist, coach, or support group early helps you stay in control.
2. Get organized and gather documents.
Divorce is a document-driven process. Collect and organize financial records (tax returns, pay stubs, bank/credit statements, etc.) ahead of time to save stress, time, and attorney fees.
3. Educate yourself about the process and finances.
Understanding how divorce works, including your legal options and financial basics, gives you agency and helps you make better decisions rather than relying completely on others.
4. Build a plan and financial foundation.
Knowing your finances and making both a current and a post-divorce budget will help you transition more confidently and minimize surprises. This includes creating a financial plan and, if needed, working with financial professionals.
5. Assemble the right team and set realistic goals.
Having a team of professionals (a divorce lawyer, coach, financial advisor, therapist, etc.) ensures you’re supported on every front. Also, clarifying what you want and setting realistic goals helps you focus your efforts and achieve a better outcome.
When Preparing for Divorce, Motive Matters
Whether preparing for divorce is sleezy or smart depends both on your motives and on the kind of “preparation” you’re doing.
If your “preparation” includes hiding assets, diverting income, manipulating your kids, or doing anything else to disadvantage your spouse in your divorce, then YES! Your preparation is sleezy. It’s also dishonest. Depending on exactly what you do, it may even be criminal.
Similarly, if your preparation includes doing something on purpose that you know will hurt your spouse or your kids, that's sleazy.
On the other hand, if your “preparation” includes learning about what you’ll be facing in your divorce, getting a handle on your finances, or putting together a solid divorce team, then NO. Your preparation is not sleezy. It’s smart.
What’s more, if your spouse has been abusive, either physically, financially, or emotionally, during your marriage, then taking the time to prepare for divorce isn't just smart. It’s absolutely essential.
Why You Should Prepare for Divorce
In most areas of life, people intuitively understand that being prepared is smart. The bigger and more important the issue that you're facing, the more you want to be prepared.
That’s why people spend months (or years!) planning their wedding. They want it to be perfect. So they spend an inordinate amount of time and tens of thousands of dollars on their wedding celebration, dress, flowers, photographs, food, etc.
Yet, somehow, even though most people will gladly invest time and money to make sure their wedding goes well, they’re reluctant to do the same with their divorce.
In a way, that makes sense. A wedding is a happy event. A divorce … not so much!
Yet a divorce affects your life just as much, if not more, than your marriage. That’s because when you prepare for your wedding, you’re investing time and money in an event that happens in a single day.
When you prepare for your divorce, on the other hand, you’re investing time and money in your future. A divorce may be finalized in one day, but it takes months or years to go through the process. And you can feel the legal, financial, and emotional ramifications of your divorce for the rest of your life.
That’s why preparing for divorce is so critically important.
The Benefits of Preparing for Divorce
The more you prepare for your divorce, the more you increase your confidence and decrease your anxiety. When you feel ready for what's coming, you automatically become better able to deal with it.
Also, the more you prepare yourself for your divorce, the more time and money you are likely to save in the divorce process, and the more you increase your chances of getting the outcome you want.
Being prepared for divorce:
- Enables you to get a clear picture of your finances before you start your divorce. That, in turn, will help you position yourself to manage your finances after your divorce better.
- Prevents you from having to worry that important financial documents will suddenly “disappear” once the word “divorce” is mentioned.
- Saves you money in attorneys’ fees. Your attorney won’t have to subpoena information if you provide it to him/her from the start.
- Gives you the time you need to prepare yourself emotionally for what’s coming when you divorce.
- Allows you to start planning for your post-divorce life sooner rather than later. Having a concrete plan for how you and your kids will survive after your divorce will dramatically reduce your anxiety and stress as you go through your divorce.
Because preparing for divorce is so important, it’s worth knowing the best ways to do it.
10 Tips for Preparing for Divorce
1. Deal with Your Emotions First.
Emotions drive divorce. Period. They drive every argument. They fuel every court battle. And they cause most of the pain.
The more you allow your emotions to run wild, the more likely your divorce will spin out of control.
Of course, controlling your emotions while you’re going through a divorce is no easy task. Divorce is hugely emotional. No matter what you do, you’re going to lose it sometimes.
But, the more you can learn to keep your emotions in check, the less drama you will experience in your divorce.
Because of that, the smartest thing you can do is to start getting a handle on your emotions as soon as divorce becomes a possibility in your life.
Get yourself a therapist or a divorce coach, or join a divorce support group, as soon as possible. Waiting until you have a complete emotional melt-down before you get help is guaranteed to make your divorce more difficult to manage.
Resources
Here are some articles that will help you deal with the emotional aspects of divorce:
2. Get Organized & Collect Documents.
Divorce is a document-driven process. You are going to need to put together a small mountain of financial information in order to get through your divorce. (Sorry!)
You’re going to need to gather your income tax returns, W-2 forms, paycheck stubs, bank statements, credit card statements, and tons of other documents.
What’s more, it’s not going to be enough to just dump those documents in a pile on your attorney’s desk. You’ve got to get all your documents organized too.
The more you can organize your financial information for your attorney, the less money you will have to spend to have your attorney organize that information for you.
Of course, when you’re going through a divorce, focusing on anything takes longer. Focusing on organizing financial documents (especially if you weren’t the one who handled the family finances) is even more challenging.
That’s why getting organized in advance is so critically important. The more organized you can be going into your divorce, the more grief you will save yourself during your divorce.
Resources
Your FREE Divorce Tool Kit – Getting organized is easier when you know HOW to do it. This free divorce tool kit comes complete with a document checklist, a divorce checklist, AND a divorce process comparison chart. You’ll also get tips on how to tell your spouse you want a divorce and more. CLICK HERE to get your Divorce Tool Kit now.
3. Invest in Your Education.
The divorce process is not intuitive or user-friendly. It’s complicated and difficult. It doesn’t work the way most people think that it works.
The more you know about divorce before you start your divorce process, the easier it’s likely to go. But getting the education you need can be challenging for a variety of reasons:
- There's so much information about divorce available that a simple Google or ChatGPT search is likely to be overwhelming.
- You can't be sure that the information you find on the internet or through AI is accurate or complete.
- Different professionals have different opinions about what you should/shouldn't do. Getting conflicting information is common.
- You don't know what you don't know, so if you DON'T find important information, you won't know it until it's too late.
If you need help understanding divorce and how it actually works, getting a good divorce coach will be invaluable. A huge part of the work I do with my private clients involves educating them about the divorce process and the options they'll have as they go through it.
Resources
The best way to learn about divorce is through private coaching. Or, if you'd prefer to go the DIY route, The Divorce Road Map 3.0 Online Program will give you access to the proprietary Divorce Road Map Framework that guides you through each step of your divorce. In it, you'll also discover how to save time and money, navigate your divorce with clarity, and avoid the most common divorce pitfalls,
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4. Understand Your Finances.
If you don’t want to end up behind the financial eight ball after your divorce you must understand how money works BEFORE you start the divorce process.
That means that you need to get comfortable working with numbers. If that thought scares you, it’s time to get over it.
Not understanding how money works and not having a solid handle on your personal financial situation is the quickest way to get completely screwed over in your divorce.
... and, yes, that’s true even if you have a lawyer! A good divorce lawyer can make a huge difference in the outcome of your divorce. But lawyers can only work with the information they have. You can’t divide your assets fairly unless you know what they are. You can’t know what your post-divorce lifestyle will look like unless you know what your income and expenses will be.
If dealing with numbers has never been your thing, then it's time to get financial help now.
Resources
There are plenty of places online where you can learn the basics of personal finance. If getting a clear picture of your finances seems impossible to you right now, then getting help will be invaluable. My Divorce Solution can provide you with a team of experts and a proven method that will enable you to understand where you're at financially, and make a clear plan for moving forward.
The Divorce Road Map 3.0 will also help educate you on the financial issues you'll need to understand as you're going through your divorce.
5. Make A Financial Plan.
Understanding your finances is step one in preparing for divorce. Having a financial plan for your post-divorce future is step two.
Both are critically important when you're navigating a divorce.
A basic financial plan requires you to create two things: A budget and a balance sheet. You create both of those based on your current documents, including tax returns, account statements, credit card bills, etc.
Your post-divorce financial plan requires you to research what your projected income and expenses will be after your divorce. That includes projecting how much you will pay/receive in child and spousal support as well as your post-divorce living expenses.
If your finances are complicated, working with a divorce financial planner can be an enormous help. S/he can help you create a basic financial plan. A good financial planner can also help you create financial projections to show you how long your money will last, and how much you need to save to meet your future financial needs.
Many financial planners also work as financial investors. So, after they have helped you create a solid financial plan, they can also help you invest your money so that you achieve your financial goals.
Resources
Here are some articles that will help you deal with the financial aspects of divorce:
- 10 Financial Mistakes in Divorce You Don’t Want to Make
- 8 Ways Divorce Financial Planning Can Help You Avoid Costly Mistakes
- Divorce and Money: 8 Tips to Keep Your Ex From Hurting You Financially in Divorce
6. Assemble Your Team.
No one should go through a divorce alone.
Trying to go through a divorce without the right help is like trying to win an Olympic gold medal without having coaches and trainers. You might be able to do it, but the odds are against you.
In a perfect world, your divorce team should include professionals to cover every aspect of divorce, including the legal, financial and emotional parts of divorce.
That means that you will be wise to work with a divorce lawyer, a divorce coach, a financial adviser, and a therapist. While that may sound expensive, there are ways to assemble a divorce team that won’t necessarily cost you a fortune.
While it’s always best to hire a divorce lawyer to represent you fully in your divorce, if that’s not financially feasible for you, then you may be able to hire a lawyer as a consultant in your divorce. (Doing that is called getting “unbundled legal services.” That’s now available in many states.)
Putting the right divorce team together takes time. If you can start interviewing and finding the right divorce professionals before you start your divorce, you will be prepared to move forward more quickly once your divorce is in process.
Resources
Here are some articles that will help you put together a quality divorce team:
Can Unbundled Legal Services Make Your Divorce Cheaper?
Finding a Therapist Through BetterHelp
The Ultimate List of Divorce Support Groups and Why You Need One!
7. Explore Your Options.
There are many different ways to resolve your divorce today, including through mediation, litigation, direct negotiation, arbitration, and Collaborative Divorce. The divorce process that you use can directly affect the outcome you get in your divorce.
But you have more options than just a choice of divorce process.
As long as you’re not relying on a judge to make your divorce decisions for you, you also have a lot of options about the WAY your divorce issues get handled.
For example, while most judges will order one spouse to pay the other child support, if you and your spouse can agree, there may be other ways to handle child support, especially if you share time with your kids on a fairly equal basis.
The same thing is true about dividing your assets. Even if you and your spouse agree that you will split your assets on a percentage basis, WHICH assets each of you gets is a separate issue.
The bottom line is that divorce is full of choices. There isn’t just ONE way to do anything in divorce. Being prepared in your divorce includes KNOWING YOUR OPTIONS.
After all, unless you know what your choices are, you can’t possibly make good ones.
Resources
Here are some articles that will help you understand more of your divorce options, and avoid the pitfalls that come with not knowing those options:
The Real Truth About How Divorce Works: 10 Rules You May Not Know
21 Divorce Mistakes You DON’T Want to Make!
53 Pieces of Divorce Advice Your Lawyer May Not Have Told You (But Should Have!)
8. Set Realistic Goals.
The most important question you should ask yourself when you’re starting your divorce is incredibly simple. Yet, most divorcing people never ask it.
The question is: What do I want?
If you don’t know what you want in your divorce, clearly and specifically, your chances of getting it are incredibly slim.
You also need to prioritize the list of what you want so that you're crystal clear about your top one or two goals. Why?
... because having too many goals is like having no goals. You can’t focus on everything at once, and you're not going to get everything you want. Knowing what matters the most to you in your divorce will give you the clarity you need to form a strong negotiation strategy.
Finally, in order to achieve your goal(s), they must be legally and financially possible.
You can want your spouse to pay you $1,000,000 in your divorce. But if the total amount of your marital assets is only $10,000, thinking you’ll $1,000,000 is simply not realistic.
Resources
Here’s an article that will help you understand more about goal setting in your divorce:
9. Minimize the Damage to Your Kids.
If you have children, one of your top priorities is probably going to be making sure that your divorce doesn’t ruin their lives.
The key is to truly put your children first. While most parents intend to do exactly that, it’s easy to get so caught up in your own pain during a divorce that you don’t think about what your kids are going through as much as you intend.
So, a big part of preparing for divorce when you’re a parent means understanding what will happen to your kids in the divorce process, and then doing your best to minimize their pain. (And, by the way, “kids” includes your adult children, too! Just because your children may be over 18 does not mean that they won’t be affected by your divorce!)
The kinds of things you’ll have to consider include:
- Breaking the news of your divorce to your kids in the most empathetic way possible;
- Supporting your kids’ emotionally as they try to navigate all the changes in their lives;
- Reassuring your kids that, no matter what, you love them and that your divorce is NOT their fault or their responsibility;
- Supporting your kids financially;
- Being honest with your kids about the ways that their lives will change after the divorce.
Whether you like it or not, your divorce WILL affect your children. You can’t control that. But what you CAN control is whether it affects them positively, negatively, or a little bit of both.
Resources
Here are articles that will help you understand how to minimize the damage to your kids in your divorce:
The Surprising Truth About the Effects of Divorce on Children
The Biggest Myth About the Effect of Divorce on Adult Children
How to Tell Your Kids About Divorce: 7 Tips You Need to Know
10. Make Peace With Your Divorce.
Getting a divorce is probably not what you thought you would ever be doing. It may go against everything you told yourself you believed in. It may crush your dreams of how your life was “supposed” to be, or what your future was going to look like.
Yet, divorce happens.
While many people associate the end of a marriage with failure, looking at your divorce in that way will keep you from growing, finding peace, and creating the life you truly desire.
YOU are not your marriage. Even if – by your own definition – your marriage failed, that doesn’t make YOU a failure. It just makes you human.
Coming to terms with your divorce, and the whole host of emotions that go along with it, takes time. It takes work.
It also takes giving yourself grace.
If you’re willing to put in the work and be patient with yourself, you WILL find peace, and with it, a whole new life.
Resources
Here are articles that will help you work through your emotions and find peace both during and after your divorce:
Divorce Stigma: Why Getting Divorced Doesn’t Make You a Failure
Is Your Divorce Story Holding You Back?
Mindset Matters in Divorce: How to Go from Scarcity to Abundance
Changing the Conversation in Your Head
Preparing for divorce is never easy or fun. Yet unless you’re prepared, your divorce is likely to be more painful, drawn out, and expensive.
Being prepared will make you more confident and will give you more control over the way things go down. That, in turn, will help to reduce your stress level AND put you in a better position to move on once your divorce is over.
This post was originally written on January 9, 2019 and was last updated on January 19, 2026.
This is a really helpful article. In retrospect, I think I’ve been contemplating the potential of myself getting divorced. Roughly 4 years ago I returned back to college to successfully earn my degree and was able to secure a very comfortable salary in a great position/company. My main concern/question is how to proceed on a “side” business that my spouse created quite a few years back and houses within our shared home. There’s been many investments made into equipment and materials by the spouse from household income that I want to ensure I receive compensation for all the assets the spouse has purchased. This business has consumed one entire floor of the family dwelling and my question is do I need to categorize each asset? There are no formal “books” for this business as I stayed out of taking on that responsibility and the spouse is not the most honest person and doesn’t want a “paper” trail of the business’ finances. Other than taxes each year is the only way to obtain those figures which I know doesn’t include everything. So, some advice would be appreciated.
Oh my! First, let me congratulate you on getting your degree and a good job! Kudos to you!
As for the rest, I wish I had good news for you, but the truth is, you’re in a bit of a rough spot.
You can value your spouse’s business in divorce but that usually costs several thousand dollars (at least!). Plus, if the books of the business aren’t accurate …. well, you know what they say. Garbage in, garbage out. The more accurate and complete the business records, the more likely you will be to get a reasonably fair valuation of the business. But, the truth is, there is rarely anything fair about divorce.
Here’s the hard truth you probably don’t want to hear. No matter what you do it’s unlikely you will ever get compensated for all of your investment in the business.(Sorry!) With good records you might be able to recoup a little more. But, not all of the money you put into a business actually raises the value of the business. Plus, if your spouse is less than honest, you can bet that your spouse will be doing as much as possible to decrease the value of the business while you’re going through a divorce.
In the end you will have a choice. You can spend tens of thousands of dollars (or more!) in legal and forensic accounting fees to try to get the business valued at what it’s truly worth. Or, you can cut your losses and settle on an amount that you know is not accurate, but that at least keeps you from getting entrenched in a long, drawn-out and expensive court battle.
In the meantime, preparation is key. You might want to consult with both a lawyer in your area and a CPA who specializes in business valuations. They can tell you more about how this particular business might be valued and what kind of information you should start to collect to determine its value should you divorce. They might even be able to give you an idea of what it will cost to investigate the business value should your spouse contest its value.
Sorry I can’t be the bearer of better news.
Good luck.
Karen
Ok what is the problem
My concern goes along in this , my husband is suing out forensic accounting, because he valued our business at 1.5 million.He said it’s only worth 400.000. Now what?
I wish I could help you. But, that’s a legal question. You’ll have to ask a lawyer in your area for an answer to that.
Karen,
Have been reading your blog. I have been with my husband 10 years. He wants a separation. Long story I will try and shorten. My mother has Dementia but is still just about here. She moved home to be close to me. She has carers but I spend a lot of the day with her because this a very small town and she was very lonely. Therefore I have not worked since we moved here because I was worried about her I had told Mum I must get back to work to to prepare her. We are alcoholics my husband has been sober 10 years. Whereas my sobriety has been harder for me. I have been sober for good lengths of time over the years but unfortunately I have been very anxious about my Mum, he is not really supportive of her and I almost had to beg to get her invited for Christmas. I drank on emotions it had me shouting in the street at him. And I have been messy in the house. I cannot speak to him as he moved out,I think I was abrupt with his father on the phone. What an utter calamity I have caused and all this heartbreak because of my stupidity. He wants a separation I think his family will push him into Divorce and I am afraid of being in court and people saying horrible things about me, and I still Love him & Im pretty sure he still loves me though he is very mad with me. I hope it will be a short separation and that I can stay in the house, what are your thoughts. I have been stupid. My Mum is upset and rings me constantly for reassurances that I am finding it hard to dig deep enough to do.
Oh my! It sounds like your recent drinking is at the root of many of your problems.
Before you do anything else, I would strongly suggest that you get into recovery as soon as possible. I don’t know where you’re at or what kind of programs are available to you, but I know that Alcoholics Anonymous is a world wide organization. Try going to some AA meetings. If you need to be in a more focused program, find one and get yourself into it. Your # 1 priority has to be to get clean and sober. Once you do that, you can work on your marriage. As a matter of fact, once you do that, your marital problems may take care of themselves.
But, until you stop drinking completely, your marriage is not likely to do well.
Good luck,
Karen
PS As far as having people say horrible things about you in court, that only happens if your case actually goes through hearings in court. Most cases don’t. Most cases settle. But, even if yours doesn’t, worrying about what people will say in court is so far down the road, it’s not worth focusing on at the moment. Right now, getting clean and sober is the only thing you probably want to focus on.
I am 7 weeks postpartum with my second. I have been recovering from c-section and my husband doesn’t care. My husband has not touched me unless it is for sex, he asks me to keep my clothes on (I assume during and after pregnancy, I am fat and disfigured). The first time he touched me after having the baby was to have me give him oral sex, I thought he was pulling me in for a hug (finally). I feel heartbroken and hurt. He says he loves me but I am so angry. I have spent my whole maternity leave in tears. I don’t sing to my baby, I just hold him and cry all day.
I am so unhappy. I never thought this would happen to me. Please advise. Our children are young, but I am too sad to me a good mother. I feel terrible. I want to leave my husband but his whole family are lawyers. I am scared that he will take my children away and I will live in a homeless shelter if I get divorced.
I can hear how sad and upset you are. But, before you do anything rash, you’ve got to find out whether you can save your marriage. While you can get a divorce if you like, with two small children to raise (and a bunch of lawyers in his family!), that’s not something you want to rush into.
If you haven’t tried marriage counseling, that’s the place to start! It sounds like there is a definite lack of communication between you and your husband. A good marriage counselor can help you find ways to communicate with each other effectively.
You also might want to look into individual counseling. It is probably covered by insurance. Why would you get a therapist? … because you are already sad and probably sleep-deprived and a little overwhelmed already. You need support! You need someone who you can talk to who can think clearly and guide you to figure out what you want to do.
Finally, do your best to take care of yourself. Try to get enough sleep. Take naps if you can. A sleep-deprived brain can’t think clearly, and that’s something you absolutely need to do right now if you want to move forward in the best way possible, whether that’s by staying in your marriage or getting a divorce.
I know this probably sounds simple. But it’s a lot! And remember, whether you divorce or not, your kids need a mom! You will be a much better, happier and healthier mother if you take care of yourself FIRST, then figure out what you need to do moving forward. (Remember, the flight attendants tell you to put your oxygen mask on first! Until you get yourself into a place where you’re okay, your kids won’t be okay either! If you do get a divorce, having a history of being the best mom you can be will help you if you end up in a custody battle.)
Hope this helps!
Karen
Help! Please !
13 years divorced with a pathological narcissistic bully, complying with order after order after order, the ex is STILL on the hunt to look for something else. I have other children with my current spouse and my ex has made our lives hell. Financially took EVERYTHING and still is. 75 percent of my income and 60/40 extracurricular/medical bill. (I’m the 60 percent) if not paid within 10 days of given receipt, we’re back in court due to (ex) filing a motion to enforce , a motion of contempt, a motion to subpoena jail time for max days of 45. Continues to use contempt as a way to manipulate her way of getting ALL mine and current spouses financial statements out of nosiness, and to fight to prove contempt so that I will be court ordered to pay ex attorney fees on top of mine after hiring yet another lawyer. I am at a loss. My current children have suffered due to our financial burden owing (ex) . Unreasonable alimony/cs payments have been reasoning of sometimes not being able to pay on orderly time. Instead of (ex) working with me for when I have the finances, it’s an opportunity for (ex) to use that to discredit me. Currently waiting to be served another discovery as (ex) is taking one word from current order, and fighting the interpretation from that word, as “open ended” which means “pending” which means fighting to continue to extend this longer instead of agreeing I’ve complied 100 percent and have purged myself from contempt. And every documentation that proved I complied. Harassment, threats, interference, stalking, alienation as well. At complete loss. I am in the -3 digits of debt. Nothing left.
I am so sorry to hear your story! Unfortunately, when you’re divorcing a narcissist (or you’re already divorced from a narcissist) life rarely goes as planned. Narcissists can use the court system as a weapon against you. Talking to them rationally and trying to reach reasonable agreements, rarely works. So a lot of what I talk about in this article on preparing for a divorce isn’t going to work for you! (Sorry!)
I understand that you’re deeply in debt. But I would strongly recommend consulting with a good divorce lawyer in your area to see what your options are. Unfortunately, much of what you’re asking are legal questions. I can’t answer legal questions online or outside the state of Illinois. But you definitely need legal advice. Even if you just pay a lawyer for an hour or two of his/her time, it will be money well spent.
Best,
Karen
Hello!
I am preparing for the possibility that my husband and I will need to get divorced. We have an unusual home situation… two years ago we bought a piece of land with no infrastructure at all and have been building a homestead by hand. We’ve built a yurt, a barn, and several small outbuildings. However, from the very beginning, I loved this piece of land and I’ve done about 80% of the building labor, while he has been unhappy here and has not invested much energy into developing the property. So now the property value is higher than when we moved in… but I feel that it would be fair for more of that value to be mine since I did most of the work. I want to stay on the land and buy him out, and he may (though he actually wants to leave) try to fight me for the land out of anger and hurt. Does the sweat equity I put into building these improvements get taken into account legally? Is there any way to prove I did most of the physical labor?
I’m afraid that’s a question you’ll have to ask a lawyer in your area. I can’t give you legal advice online or outside of the state of Illinois. Sorry.
You’ve got some great divorce preparation tips. I love how you said that it’s good to have a team because no one should go through this alone. We’re hoping to help my sister go through her divorce, so I’ll tell her to hire a lawyer to help her.
What should I tell her
My sister and her husband are planning on divorcing, so I wondered if I could get some advice on making the process easier. I didn’t know you need a basic knowledge of dividing property and child psychology when you divorce. I’ll have to show my sister this article and when we find a divorce attorney we like, we can ask more questions about making the process easier, thanks to this post!
You’re welcome!
Thanks for mentioning the importance of getting documents organized before a divorce to reduce any unwanted stress. My sister is getting divorced after being married for 5 years and it has put a toll on her mental health. She plans on hiring a lawyer to help make the process much smoother.
Thank you so much for pointing out that no one goes into a marriage planning for a divorce, you will have really hard emotions, but you will need to process them well if you want to gain peace with the divorce. For the last few months, my brother has been telling me how unhappy he is in his marriage and how unappreciated he feels. He is thinking that it is time for a divorce. I will have to tell him about your advice and help him look for lawyers to help the process.