How To Handle Your Legal Divorce

Starve the Divorce Lawyers With Mediation and Divorce Arbitration
by Harlan Jacobsen Copyright © 2003

SEPARATION

A legal separation is almost as expensive as a full divorce and seems not worth much consideration.

Your marriage did not seem to work out, and is a real pain and expensive to get out of.

In contrast, If your divorce does not work out, you can always just get remarried for a few bucks.

There are a few people that are in a position for medical insurance coverage, etc and other legal reasons and therefore need to stay married on paper at least. Then a separation might be a temporary answer.

A non legal separation can be worked out by deciding things like who gets what money, who takes the car, the kids, support, the pets, etc and all needs to be mutually worked out just as it does in a full fledge divorce.

Some folks in the splitting process are unable to deal with reality of the death of a relationship and accepting the fact the marriage is over.

They somehow decide that if they "just give them some time" they will come to their senses and come running back.

Others can not afford the expense of going thru the full process at the moment, and need a delay, Often one of the couple is so emotionally distraught over the split, that nothing amicable can be worked out or even talked about until this all calms down.

They may find a non-legal separation (simple divorce delay with them apart) the only feasible answer for now.