However, before you proceed with any legal actions, make sure first that you are really sure on this. That, you are willing to part from the person you spent your life with and had children with. Make sure also that you are ready to walk away from the home you created without any regrets.
With that person, you had invested your mind, soul, and body. Memories with him or her are in every corner of your mind. You shared every waking moment together so look back on those days while you were courting until you were deciding that you were not happy anymore. The thing is, happiness is earned and not freely given. Those happy memories you had with your spouse were earned by you both. Your other half was there to support and lift you up in your struggles.
In those struggles, you had fallen, stumbled down, and cried. Yet, you did not give up. Those late nights you swallowed in challenges, that person did not leave you. Your better half was beside you, helping you face those challenges and struggles.
Yet, reality will come in between you two and lets you realize that life is not what movies make it to be. Your situation may be the same as above wherein you realize you still love your special person and cannot bear to separate from him or her. If that is the case, congratulations for you are lucky and blessed that it is so. You get excited to reconcile with your spouse, as well as tell your attorney to withdraw the petition.
However, not every marital situation is the same as yours. There are people who struggle to live with their respective spouses. They are lucky if the reason for the filing is irreconcilable differences. For some, they are not so lucky. Their reasons are much graver like abuse.
They can ask the help of family law attorneys. They will take more steps in the case of the latter but other than that, the two cases are the same. Despite the emotional turmoil they are experiencing, they still need to strengthen their resolve to do the things they need in order.
The attorneys have four general areas to discuss with them. They are distribution of equity or property, spousal support or alimony, child custody, and child support. It is important however to pay attention to the needs of the children first before they, as parents, do anything. It will be the children who are going to be most affected with this divorce.
Collaborative divorce is becoming a popular means in settling agreements. They do so because they effectively communicate with each other respectfully. Both parties can negotiate in good faith the terms in the four areas without any commotion. Honest and open discussion happens here. Compromises are done peacefully for the good of their children.
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