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Some couples use their children as leverage points in a divorce. If you seek good divorce advice, you will be told that children are very vulnerable during a divorce and using them to get what you want can shatter their self esteem. You can have a divorce and still make sure that your children come out of it with their dignity intact.

A divorce takes two just as it takes two to tango. Don’t be quick to heap the blame of divorce on your ex because if you do, you won’t grow up. Learn to examine your contribution to your divorce as it will enable you mature and give you the wisdom to learn how to prevent another divorce in future.

In contacting a divorce lawyer, you need to make sure that they have a great deal of experience and skill and can give good divorce advice. Don’t go for divorce lawyers who are green in the field. Communicate in clear details what you want a divorce lawyer to do for you in order to prevent confusion.

Divorce lawyers are growing fat thanks to all the money that they make off divorce cases. Divorce is becoming big business and more lawyers are opting for divorce law. As brutal as it sounds, divorce is a viable means of income for divorce lawyers these days. You have a choice to decide not to add to this source of income by ensuring you remain married or ensuring that you next marriage works!

When it comes to divorce, compromise is the name of the game. Two couples on the verge of a divorce won’t go that far if they don’t compromise. Try not to make selfish choices even in the course of a divorce. Of course you can’t get all of what you want and how you want it. Be willing to compromise.

Take up yogo or tai chi to help you stay in charge of your emotions during and after a divorce. A divorce can be destabilizing but yoga can make sure that you get back on track. Meditation can be an excellent source of healing after a divorce.

The effects of a divorce can be so traumatizing that it can send some people into a deep spiral of despair. Some people loose their ability to socialize after a divorce while others tend to overdo it a bit. You can prevent the negative aftermath of a divorce happening to you by facing cold hard facts.

Don’t stay in a marriage that makes you sad. An unhappy marriage can shorten your life span. To acquire a long life, steer clear of anything that steals your joy and that includes marriage.

By: Ras Reed

1. We settle quickly.

Now any lawyer might make a telephone call to try to negotiate a settlement. And settlements are usually good things: a compromise between opposing parties to the mutual benefit of each.

But it is a mistake to hire a law firm that advertises that its goal is to settle cases. You see, there are few secrets in this business. Many lawyers know each other or each other’s firms or each other’s reputations. And this “quick settlement” advertisement is out there just to attract new clients. It says nothing good about the quality of that law firm’s services. In reality, a firm known for settling cases is a firm that won’t fight.

I would rather hire the lawyer who has a reputation for being tough on defendants and their insurance carriers – who strikes fear in their hearts – than hire a lawyer who is known as a quick or easy settler. Because the insurance companies know who these lawyers and law firms are. You can not get top dollar for your case with the “quick settlers” because the insurance carriers know these law firms want the quick settlement and won’t go to court. Such firms need to settle, to live up to their advertising. Is that who you really want to handle your accident case? Remember, you don’t get a second chance to get top dollar.

2. [Fill in the number] years combined experience.

Now I have 23 years of experience practicing law. Would that really be equal to four attorneys with five years experience and one with three years experience? No.

3. Free consultation.

All personal injury attorneys give one.

4. No fee unless successful.

Most personal injury attorneys utilize this type of fee called a “contingent” or “contingency” fee and based on a percentage of the money recovered, typically, one-third. YOU NEED TO KNOW that you, the client, remains responsible for case expenses and disbursements, such as: court filing fees, fees for medical and hospital records, expenses of investigation, court reporter fees, and the like. Your lawyer is supposed to tell you that the costs and disbursements remain you, the client’s, responsibility.

Advancing case expenses is like an interest-free loan that the attorney makes on every accident case. This is a loan that the client must repay when his or her case settles. This is not the equivalent of a lawyer loaning money directly to the client, which is not permitted. Now advancing case expenses is not a terrible problem because attorneys generally won’t advance a lot of money on questionable cases that they feel might not win. But that accident attorneys advance case expenses that are repayable by the client is something you should know.

5. Home/hospital visits available: we come to you.

Most personal injury attorneys do this. And it’s not a big deal, as long as you’ve called that attorney and asked for the visit.

6. Telephone #’s that spell things, like 1-800-HurtInAnAccident.

A very strong, memorable marketing tool. Usually used by services that refer cases to member law firms. So the question becomes: who will be your attorney? Does the referral service tell you? Does it even know whom it is sending your telephone call to? And this again raises all of the previously discussed questions about your attorney’s qualifications and ability.

7. Call 24 hours/7 days a week.

What, you hired an attorney that doesn’t sleep?

8. Slogans like: We fight hard for you; we care for you; we kick insurance company butt; we provide aggressive representation. (This
is a partial list.)

This is meaningless drivel.

If you think about it carefully, the things that most attorneys advertise, such as the numbered items above, are the same as every other attorney advertises. Worse yet, they do not address the important questions, such as the ten items listed above. So read what I’ve written carefully, then read it again. Otherwise, you may not even know the questions to ask, let alone what the answers should be.

By: Gary E Rosenberg