Marriage sucks?  Or is it: marriage sucks! 

Well, get a marriage counselor.  I know a lot of great marriage counselors and they are awesome.  Get someone who both of you can relate to and willing to really work things out – find a life you both can be happy with.

Ok fine. If that fails – divorce.  Now what?

The basic divorce options are as follows:

• Litigated Divorce thank you for putting the lawyer’s kids through college!
  
  
• Collaborative Divorce still expensive, you each get a lawyer and they work together while protecting their client, but if that is a fail, then you are forced by law to fire them and hire a new set.  And yes, potentially expensive.
  
  
• Mediated Divorce you have money leftover since you are NOT hiring a lawyer just one mediator.  Great option if you need someone to help with communication and getting creative solutions down and building a future apart.  Maybe you will find during the mediation that the future is best staying together!  You never know.
• Pro Se Divorce this means doing it yourself.  Congratulations.  This is the cheapest option by far.  But is it safe?  Be careful, hiring a professional, mediator or attorney(s) is really smart money spent despite my paying for college joke. And it can be painful to work things out with your soon to be ex spouse.
  
  
• Wevorce This is the coolest.  We mediate but use a web page to track all issues, store documents, video conference with trained experts and so on. The software provides a clear clean structured process that we work through issue by issue. You can still hire a lawyer if you need to during the mediation if you feel compelled. As a Wevorce associate mediator, I prefer to help couples split amicably to save money and their emotional well being.

(From: http://life.wevorce.com/articles/do-i-need-a-divorce-attorney by Fela Dawson Scott.

The key to everyone’s happiness is to work together, be creative and find a solution that is good for everyone and works under the circumstances – and not be blindly driven by the passion of the divorce.

To Get Started, both spouses must attend an initial free consultation to see if Wevorce is a fit.   Call our office to schedule a session. 

Call us if you need us!  We are here to help with your legal needs!

By Jac Schuster, a Family Law attorney, Estate Planning and Probate attorney and Wevorce Associate in McKinney, Texas. Learn more at jacschuster.com.