It is important to develop a plan for your divorce in Louisville or anywhere in the region. Effective divorce planning should begin with thoughtful reflection, prioritization and a series of strategies with the specific purpose of accomplishing your objectives and goals for the divorce.
Divorce can be a very emotional process, especially at the outset. However, in most cases we can tell you from decades of experience those emotions will be stronger at some points and weaker in others. However, emotional decisions are most often poor decisions. Your divorce will require some of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime.
Your divorce will only be completed when every aspect of your case has been completely resolved. This can be successfully achieved through effective preparation, well-planned discussions with your former spouse, negotiations, mediation, or by a Judge’s decision.
Therefore, it is important to develop a strategy for your divorce and the step-by-step process we will follow to protect what is important to you and accomplish your central priorities. With an experienced and proven divorce attorney from Dodd & Dodd at your side, it is much easier to prepare for the issue(s) in front of you and how you will manage yourself and the decisions associated with child custody and visitation, maintenance or spousal support, division of marital property including the family home, retirement accounts, and a business or professional practice.
The Important Facts about the Cost and Time it Takes to Complete Your Divorce
The cost of your divorce and the time required to complete it are directly associated with the amount of disagreement between you and your soon-to-be former spouse, and the ability to resolve those differences and ultimately reach an agreed-upon settlement. When the parties are not able to reach a settlement through negotiations or mediation, the Court will hear the issue(s) and render a decision.
Preparation, prioritization, and management of emotions and communications are important keys as you plan for your divorce in Louisville. The Judge carefully observes the behavior, communications and actions of both parties. This includes how they comport themselves in Court, as well as all communications “outside” of Court. We say “outside” of court, but another important strategy is to expect that any text or email you send, or voicemail you leave can and will become evidence during your divorce. One day, co-workers, church members, friends, family, and even your children might read evidence in the public record.
It is important to make sure you are in control of your emotions whenever you communicate with your former spouse. If you aren’t willing to allow what you are about to write or say to be presented in full in Court and before the world the best strategy is to put down your phone, walk away from the keyboard and wait until emotion has passed before sending any communication.
This is why it is important to develop a plan for your divorce in Louisville. What is most important to you? What fears and concerns keep you up at night? You might need some new tools, coaching, and communication strategies in order to achieve those goals and prepare for the new life you are stepping into.
Divorce is a series of decisions based upon thorough planning and execution and effective communications. Your Louisville divorce attorney from Dodd & Dodd has decades of experience in divorce cases here in our local Family Courts. We bring extensive proven strategies, mediation experience and a successful, proven record at trial to your side of the equation as you face some the most important legal and financial issues you will confront in the course of your life: divorce.
We invite you to review the strong recommendations of our former clients and the legal industry and contact Dodd & Dodd or call 502-584-1108 to schedule an appointment with one of our attorneys. Draw upon our decades of divorce and family law experience as you develop a plan for your divorce in Louisville.
