10/27/2021
For couples who've decided that a divorce is inevitable, know that you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to get divorced.
You don't have to pay $5,000 or more for a retainer fee to an attorney to begin working on your case, nor do you have to replenish your retainer fee several times, if you don't want to. There are significantly less expensive ways to obtain the same divorce, where you will fill out the same 3 mandatory packets of paperwork California requires, but without all of the court appearances, and litigation attorneys arguing and threatening each other.
More couples are choosing not to divorce the old fashioned way with judges and lawyers deciding what will happen to their money, property and kids. More couples want to decide for themselves where their money and property goes and how their children will be raised. Why let a stranger in a black robe decide? Judges have been known to order residences to be sold to pay for attorney's fees, so the lawyers can come to court and fight with each other about the family. Instead of the couple sharing that asset or that money, they hand it over to the lawyers, and maybe get a worse outcome decided by a stranger. That's the old fashioned way.
For those couples who don't want to divorce the old fashioned way, mediation and collaborative divorce offer less expensive ways, without spouses being dragged through the litigation process. As couples are learning about these options, mediation and collaborative divorce are booming. Couples often pay a fraction of the cost and are more satisfied with the results. And they're a LOT less stressed out as a result of the process.
Check out www.pasadenamediationlawyer.com to learn more.
Our goal at Amicable Divorce Services is to help couples and families resolve their Family Law related concerns without going to court.
