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Family Law Tip |
If you are going through a divorce, do yourself and your family a favor; Separate your emotional reaction from the facts.
A divorce is a very emotional time, particularly if the divorce is contested. Your reaction may be fear, anger, grief, and/or guilt.
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It
is hard to separate emotional reaction from straight fact. Just because you
don’t trust your soon to be ex, doesn’t mean that there is a fact out there
to prove why. You do not want your lawyer to be acting on your fear, anger, grief or guilt. You want your lawyer to act on the facts and their professional wisdom. Some lawyers are better than others in wading through a client’s emotional reaction, but even if you have a lawyer who is great at wading through the emotion to the facts, do you want to pay him to do that? Ask for help. Do the work to separate your emotion from the facts with a therapist or a friend before, during, and after you talk to your lawyer.
THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. ALL SITUATIONS ARE DIFFERENT. YOU MUST CONSULT AN ATTORNEY AND APPRISE THEM OF YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
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