Put Everything on the Table
Every divorce is different. Every client who has walked through our doors has been a unique individual, with circumstances unlike any other client, and, therefore everyone in our practice is considered special and distinctive.
That being said, there is one common thread that we have noticed and it’s something very obvious but often overlooked. Put everything on the table from the outset. Don’t leave anything out that you want or that you think is or might be important in the coming days, months, and yes, even years. Vacations, schooling, medical choices, relocating, a significant other, even getting a new dog, all of these issues should be discussed with your attorney from the very beginning. Doing so will remove a lot of the hassle and heartbreak that roils through many divorces.
Like all of you, we sometimes shake our heads at the stories we read in the papers about celebrity divorces and all they entail. But we don’t laugh when we read about one former marital partner or the other feeling they are not receiving all they are entitled to because they didn’t ask for something while hammering out an agreement. Or they agreed to something they shouldn’t have because they were caught up in the moment and didn’t always consider the consequences. That’s why we say, “Put everything on the table from the outset.”
