Going through a divorce is complicated enough without the mistakes and setbacks that can happen along the way. Fortunately, many of the mistakes that people make while navigating their Texas divorce cases are avoidable. Today, I share four common errors that people make during the divorce process and how you can avoid them.
Navigating your Texas divorce with the aid of an attorney is an excellent way to avoid many of the mistakes that can happen in divorce cases. However, choosing the wrong attorney to accompany you on your divorce journey can be more harmful than helpful. It is well worth it to spend time talking with friends and family about local attorneys that they might know, researching local attorneys online, and meeting with several attorneys before deciding whom you will entrust with this important legal matter. Look for someone who has considerable experience with family law, and divorce in particular. Perhaps most importantly, search out an attorney with whom you feel comfortable. The divorce process involves sharing many intimate details of your life and your marriage, so it is essential that you select someone whom you can trust.
While we’re talking about disclosing the intimate details of your life, we must also talk about another way that some people go wrong in their divorce cases. The more truthful, accurate, and complete you are in providing information to your attorney about every area of your life and your marriage, the better equipped your attorney is to help you come through your divorce to an outcome that works well for you.
In being complete, truthful, and timely in sharing information with your attorney, you help your attorney know how they can best help you. Just as importantly, you will avoid a third pitfall, the mistake of experiencing the penalties that will come your way if you omit facts, minimize painful truths, hide assets, or otherwise faibe completely honest and upfront with your attorney regarding the details of your life.
A fourth divorce faux pas that you would do well to avoid is forming expectations or making decisions about your divorce without the input of your attorney. Your attorney is the best source of knowledge about what you can reasonably expect to accomplish with your divorce. Divorce involves making many decisions, and your attorney can help you understand the potential benefits and drawbacks of each choice that you are asked to make during your divorce case based upon what they know about divorce law and the unique facts of your situation. Unfortunately, some clients insist on making decisions in their divorce cases based upon what they feel they are entitled to receive in their divorce or what their friend or family member was able to get in their divorce case. These decisions often serve to drag a divorce case on for longer than is necessary, cause additional conflict between the divorcing parties, and increase the time, money, and emotional energy that is expended on resolving the divorce case. In contrast, divorcing clients who make decisions based upon the advice of their attorneys are more likely to not only resolve their divorce case faster and with less conflict, they are more likely to be content with the outcome of the divorce, whatever that outcome looks like.
If you have questions about divorce in Texas, call Texas Family Law Attorney Alex Tyra with your Texas divorce questions today, at (903) 753-7499.