Things Divorce Lawyers Don’t Tell You
Divorce lawyers are professionals with the training, skills, and experience necessary to guide you through a divorce. However, there may be certain aspects they don’t always disclose.
Find an attorney whose approach to divorce aligns with yours. For example, some attorneys use collaborative practices in an attempt to resolve issues and minimize conflict while reaching settlement outside of court.
1. Work-Life Balance Issues
Divorce can take its toll on all areas of your life, including professional. Your productivity at work may decrease significantly and could even result in lower salaries or job loss.
Maintaining a healthy work-life balance during divorce can be challenging, but achievable with the appropriate tools and support. Take advantage of any employer-sponsored benefits available such as childcare subsidies or health and wellness programs during this difficult time.
At work, it is also crucial that divorce issues don’t interfere with each other. When communicating about your case with others during business hours, use personal emails. Take calls only when no one will overhear you; avoid using company’s private phones for such conversations as this could compromise attorney-client privilege and may result in the waiver of attorney-client privilege – any such usage could even violate laws regarding concealing income from courts.
2. Divorce is a Complex Issue
Divorce can be emotionally distressful and financially demanding. Divorce requires the division of assets and property as well as legal fees and living expenses related to going through the process.
Child custody, spousal support and the division of debt all need to be addressed during a divorce proceeding. People’s aversion to loss can make reaching agreements more challenging during these proceedings.
Lawyers must take the time to fully comprehend their clients’ goals and perspectives in order to reach an equitable and fair conclusion that benefits all parties involved, as well as prevent unnecessary litigation that can be expensive and time-consuming. Mediation or other dispute resolution methods, like collaborative divorce can assist this process greatly; an experienced family law attorney is equipped to offer this assistance.
3. You Don’t Have to Handle Your Case in a Certain Way
Divorce can be an intricate process with multiple issues surrounding children, property and support payments that need to be resolved quickly and fairly. A good divorce lawyer will help guide the proceedings smoothly while making sure all issues are handled in an expedient manner.
Attorneys tend to form strong bonds with one another and must uphold attorney-client privilege, but this may not always happen and lead to conflicts during cases. For example, if your spouse is also an attorney this could create an adversarial dynamic which negatively influences any decisions regarding custody battles or divorce settlements.
If you and your spouse cannot agree on specific issues of the divorce, mediation or trial may be required to reach a satisfactory resolution. At trial, a judge will hear both sides’ stories before reviewing evidence presented at trial – this process may require both time and money; however it’s more likely than any other to lead to positive results for either of you.
4. You Don’t Have to Pay a Lawyer
Many individuals believe they can reduce divorce costs by filing their case on their own and using online forms, but this approach rarely succeeds and often causes significant issues related to taxes, property division, alimony payments and child custody arrangements.
Be mindful that when hiring a lawyer, they will be paid according to how long they spent on your case. If your lawyer becomes aggressive and starts fighting over every minor detail or debates minor points constantly, their fees could skyrocket quickly – this not only costs you financially but can damage relationships within the legal community as well.
Presumably, the spouse who makes less will pay their own attorney’s fees during a divorce process. If your annual salary is significantly less than that of your partner’s, filing a Motion for Interim Attorney Fees may help ensure they pay.