Last Updated on June 17, 2020
And it’s not only about attorney fees and court costs. In most cases, you’ll need to hire several experts, such as a tax advisor, real estate appraiser, and child custody evaluator, etc.
This is something to have in consideration from early on. Be prepared to lose 50% of your assets, pay an average of 16,000$ (if for some reason it goes to court, expect to pay something like 20,000$) and wait about 11 months to get your divorce. Yes, it costs that much, and it takes that long.
5. What’s next?
You need to consider how life will be like after you’re divorced. Because a lot will change, you will have to readapt to live life as a single person: it might seem simple in theory, but it could put you through a lot of emotional stress, especially in the beginning.
If there are kids involved, it will certainly get messy, even if you and your ex-spouse remain friends. You’ll need to plan and negotiate visitation schedules, in which house will the kid be spending each holiday, who will attend parent’s meetings at school. The list goes on.
Oh, and are you prepared to deal with the fact that your kids will eventually have a step-parent? If you’re not, start working on that because it might happen sooner than you expect.
And what about your future love life? What will you do to keep yourself from making the same mistakes? Relationship experts alert to the fact that the same problems and conflicts tend to repeat in different relationships.
Maybe you should try to improve yourself and the way you behave and perceive a relationship, so that when the time comes, and another special person appears in your life, you can make this new relationship a long-lasting one.
