The knowledge and experience of your lawyer can make all the difference between a fair, equitable and reasonable divorce and you being shafted financially, thrust into bleak penury and condemned to a difficult life after divorce.
Managing your divorce is going to be one of the most difficult tasks in your life. What you want, what you need and what you eventually settle for are, in most cases going to be three rather different things.
Back in the Golden Age before Gordon Brown aspired to greatness, a divorcing couple usually had some assets to share after their divorce. Nowadays it's more likely to be a fight to the death about the ownership of debt.
When you go to a lawyer or accountant for advice about your divorce you will get a bill based on the length of time they spend with you. Advice from an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA) can be paid for in two different ways,
The current world recession is likely to be even worse for divorced people than for the rest of the population. Most divorcees find themselves in a challenging (that is to say, at times, bloody difficult) position.
Divorce is all about children and money. If you have no children or they are grown up and left home then it's just about how the family assets and future earnings should be split between you. Divorce finances are very often the most difficult part of the divorce settlement to agree. Sort out your Finances: Find an IFA in your area to help you with your Divorce Finances.
The best way to have an expensive divorce is to not talk to each other and then argue every point from who gets the toaster or the Waterford crystal to the level of maintenance payments.