Divorce Legal Services in Orlando
The Law Office of Eric J Dirga located at 100 East Pine Street, Suite 203, Orlando 32801, provides complete divorce legal services.
You're married and you want a divorce. At this moment in time, you want the divorce to be final yesterday - it cannot happen quick enough. You just want things settled and done. And - you want to move on with your life.
Divorce in Florida is not a complicated decision. Florida is a "no fault" state. If a person wants a divorce they will get a divorce. Unfortunately, divorce will not happen overnight. The hard part is navigating through the procedure of property distribution and child custody.
Of course, when it comes to any relationship that involves emotion, the actual divorce is the easy part. The duration of the process depends in large part on how willing the two parties, the spouses, are willing to cooperate to get things done. That is not always easy.
Florida Dissolution of Marriage
When you're married you share life's experiences. Marriage is viewed by both people as a lifetime commitment. So you both will have acquired property, may have bought a home, and possibly started a family. When we get married we believe we know what love is and we believe that each one of us loves the other.
Unfortunately, ideas about what love is and how marriage works are sometimes not viewed the same by each spouse. It is these differences that start to dissolve the mortar that holds marriages together. Talking about these concerns can sometimes clear things up. Good communication between spouses is essential for any marriage. Counseling with a licensed therapist may also help to resolve the differences. However, when all the efforts fail to maintain the marriage the next step is an amicable dissolution - divorce.
A divorce is a legal proceeding that decides how the terms of the separating parties will be decided. As noted above, as a married couple you may have acquired personal property, a home, and even had children. How property is divided and who will have custody of the children will be decided by a divorce proceeding.
Minimizing the pain and cost of divorce
Emotions play a huge role when it comes to getting a divorce. Let's face it - at one point you and your spouse, now seeking a divorce, had decided to get married. So somewhere along the way you each were in love with the other. Emotionally, a divorce can be devastating. Below are some suggestions to make your divorce less painful and less expensive.
- Property Acquired During the Marriage: Make a list of the property that was acquired during your marriage that you have some attachment to for whatever reason. This includes cars bought during marriage, TVs, furniture, etc.
- Real Property Acquired During the Marriage: This includes the home and any other real estate bought during the marriage and any real estate that payments were made on during the marriage.
- Outstanding Loans with a Balance: This can be credit cards, second mortgages, car loans, etc.
Having made these lists, take the things that you have acquired and divide them equally the way you would like to see them divided. Take the outstanding bills and divide those up equally the way you would like to see them divided. Finally, imagine how your spouse would divide them up. This is the essence of a divorce. You will have to start to think in terms of compromise (as will your spouse). What are those things on those lists that you could live without and those you could live with.
Like we said above, in Florida, if you want a divorce you will be divorced at some point. The question to you (and your spouse) is do you want to decide how the divorce will be done or do you want the court to decide?
Call Eric J Dirga, PA, today to set up a consultation...
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