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GENERAL
CONSIDERATIONS
People often call our office and
say, "I don't
have the money to hire you but I'd like to ask several questions about
my case." This is similar to calling your physician and
telling
him that you have discovered evidence of a cancer and want to know, on
the telephone, whether or not it is cancer and how you can remove it
yourself. No one can properly advise you over the telephone
based
on limited facts.
An extraordinary number of people fail to get competent legal advice until after they feel that they were cheated or abused in the divorce process. The same people who have no problem paying an expert to repair their automobile will attempt to save money on a divorce by turning to a friend or some other non-expert for a legal opinion when it comes to their divorce. Often people will consult an attorney who is a friend or acquantance but who has no expertise in matrimonial law. It is certainly true that some divorces are simple enough to be handled by a general legal practitioner but when you are gambling with your children's lives and your entire financial future it is unwise to seek help from someone who is not an expect in matrimonial law. It is important to consider that you may only get one bite from the apple. If you are unhappy with the outcome of your divorce it is very unlikely that the court will modify that decree. Even if you are able to successfully modify a decree in a post divorce action, you will often spend much more money to modify the original divorce that the original divorce cost you. Very few divorces are truly uncontested. The reason is simple: an uncontested divorce is an agreement by two people who can no longer agree on anything. Agreeing on every issue related to a divorce and the dissolution of a marriage is extremely rare. A contested divorce is a divorce in which the two parties cannot agree on some or all of the terms of a proposed settlement. If a divorce is being negotiated or mediated, the attorneys generally attempt to resolve the matter without having the expense of a trial. Usually however, a lawsuit is filed by one of the parties and lengthy negotiations are conducted while the parties wait for a trial date. |
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