Divorce is a trying time full of difficult decisions. One option that can make the entire process easier for you and your family is to incorporate the mediation process into your divorce. Mediation involves sitting down with your soon-to-be-ex and a neutral third party in order to calmly come to an agreement about the financial and legal details of your divorce. While not the right solution for every divorce, if you opt for mediation it can have several benefits.
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If your spouse has slowly made the transition from a social drinker to a functional (or less-than-functional) alcoholic over the course of your marriage, you may be starting to consider your options -- including divorce. For those whose spouses are unwilling to pursue treatment or counseling, removing oneself from the situation through a legal divorce is often the best form of physical, mental, and financial self-preservation. However, regardless of the divorce laws of the state in which you live, there are some issues unique to divorcing an alcoholic that may come into play.
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If you have made the decision to file for bankruptcy to get out of the debt trap you are in, the timing of your filing is very important. When you visit a bankruptcy lawyer to discuss your case, he or she is likely to talk to you a lot about timing. Here are some of the ways timing matters when filing for bankruptcy.
Filing At Tax Time Offers A Way To Pay The Fees
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When it comes to relationships, sometimes they must end. In the case of married couples, this arrangement is a bit more complex. This is due to the fact that your legal status as either married or single changes during this period of time. Separations, annulment, and divorce are three different forms of changing your relationship status as a married individual. What are the differences between the three of them, however? Throughout the course of this article, you will learn what the differences are.
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