I've seen too many women trying to save money by representing themselves in a divorce and end up loosing significantly more money for the rest of their lives. One woman represented herself and she ended up with no maintenance, very low child support, no car, no money for her own re-education after being a stay-at-home mother during an 18 year marriage, etc. Another woman didn't ask for child support or maintenance at all, because she initiated the divorce and felt guilty about hurting her husband. Her husband earns $400,000/yr, and right now she's in danger of loosing everything - her new business and her home - because she's completely run out of money. She can't get a business loan or another mortgage or even rent an apartment because she has no independent credit or work history. If both of these women, and so many more like them could have found a few thousand dollars to pay a attorney for their divorce proceedings, they would now be able to start paying that expense off and still have money to live on. Now, both of these women are in serious financial difficulties. I hired a attorney, and I own a house, a cabin, I'm getting the maximum child support (that the state allows), and maintenance for 4 years.
Consider it the equivalent of getting a student loan to start your life off again. If you decide not to go to college in order to save money you end up in a low paying job for the rest of your life. However, if you get a loan and pay for college, you end up with a higher paying job, eventually pay off your student loan, and then live comfortably for the rest of your life. Not that you are guaranteed of "winning" everything, if you do hire a attorney, but if you don't hire a attorney now it can affect you the rest of your life; how can you know what you are entitled to and how can you know how to fight for it, if you do not have the knowledge and experience that you are hiring a attorney for? Not only do women tend not fight so hard for their rights when they go pro bono, they don't even know what all their rights are. Find the money somewhere, somehow!
A Divorce Coach at www.divorcedoula.com can help you save money by helping you prepare your documents before you go into your lawyer.
Share your positive experiences with obtaining a sufficient divorce settlement. Please help other women to make the right decision during a tough time in their life. Suggest how we can help women find the money for their legal fees – micro-loans, family loans, attorneys who extend credit, etc? One way to save money is to get a Divorce Coach to help prepare all your documents before you go into your attorney. If you go in and ask the attorney to start the whole process, you can be paying $200 - $300+ an hour for administrative details. Please share with other women what has worked for you
Disclaimer: I’m not a attorney and I don’t get any “kick-backs” from any attorneys. I just sincerely believe, from my own experiences and from watching those of others, that if you don’t hire a attorney to represent you now, it will affect you and your children for the rest of your lives.
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