Divorce: Coping With The Family Law Process
The Emotions Divorce is a scary, lonely and misunderstood process for most people, particularly when there are children involved. The mutual…
- Start a War Chest:You are going to need your own money for a divorce. You will have to be able to maintain yourself and your children for a while if you are dependent on your spouse and your spouse decides to cut off support.You will also probably need funds to hire a lawyer. If there is anyway to start a separate account to guard against future financial contingencies, now is the time to do it. If you have to borrow money from a relative or friend, be sure to sign a promissory note so the court will look at this as a loan that you have to repay and not as a gift.
- Keep a Divorce Calendar:If you are currently using a desk calendar or day planner, you will now need to include your divorce events. There will be meetings with your lawyer and court deadlines to keep track of. It may be helpful to keep.post continued
- Money problems: Most couples argue over bills, debt, spending, and other financial issues. How you decide to deal with money problems in your marriage will determine whether those problems has a negative or positive effect on your marriage.
- Children: Discipline, diet, and other parenting issues can be sources of disagreement between couples. A child is the number one stressor in a marriage and can accentuate differences in beliefs on issues like how to discipline, who is responsible for most of the child care or what educational options to choose.
- Sex: Frequency, quantity, quality, and infidelity are all common sources of stress and disharmony in a marriage.
- Time apart: Time apart and a lack of quality time together serves to get people out of sync with each other.
- Household Responsibilities: Many couples argue over equitable distribution of household work, and how to do it. Instead of sitting down and dividing household chores fairly they quibble.post continued
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Top 10 Causes of Marital Problems Top 10 Causes of Marital Problems originally appeared on About.com Divorce Support on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 01:02:53.Permalink | Comment | Email this |