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Informing your spouse that you have engaged an attorney may only bring about unnecessary confrontation and hostility to an already-fragile situation. Most issues in an uncontested divorce can be worked out between the two parties without the need of lawyers. That being said, however, having an at...

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Plan how to tell your partner it’s over
This is one of the most an important conversations you will ever have. It’s important to think it through and plan what you are going to say. Plan a time when the kids aren’t around (create the situation if necessary) and a time when you won’t be interrupte...

Hold Realistic Expectations:

An amicable divorce doesn’t mean you and your spouse smile and hold hands throughout the entire process. Believing that will be the case will leave you sorely disappointed. Think of an amicable divorce as a quieter, more civilized way to get divorced. This can be inc...

Work with a qualified divorce attorney:

No one should attempt to get divorced on their own. There are a lot of computer programs out there that claim they will help you avoid court costs, and that can be tempting. But the end of your marriage is the end of a contract; you want a qualified divorc...

Agree not to use the children as pawns:

You and your spouse can still file for an uncontested divorce if you have children, but the process will take longer. Remember that in order to move forward, you must agree to all elements of the divorce - and that includes child support and custody, which...

Keep your emotions in check:

Your ability to manage your emotions will be an important key to making sure that your uncontested divorce remains uncontested until the decree is signed. We have found that couples who succeed with an uncontested divorce do two things well: they learn to manage thei...

Keep the disclosures simple, but honest:

Now is the time to be open. Anything either of you might be trying to hide will be revealed in the discovery phase, so disclosing everything will help avoid the inevitable bombshell that will come if your spouse discovers some damaging information about ...

Agree on the items that will need to be resolved:

Sit down together and make a list of the issues that will be resolved in the divorce. Will one spouse be paying alimony to the other? What will happen with the retirement and investment accounts? Who will keep the house? If there are vacation pr...