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The best lawyer for your divorce requires some bare minimum requirements, but it also depends on you. When choosing the best family lawyer for your matter, you will want the person to have certain qualifications, skills, experience, and values. Before choosing your divorce lawyer and setting up an initial meeting with them, here are some of the things you can ask yourself:
- Are they experienced in family law? (they should really have the passion and experience to focus on this one area of law, not a whole bunch of different areas)
- Are they aggressive? (you do NOT want that)
- Do they work exclusively with divorce cases? (is family law their passion? If not, go somewhere else)
- How smooth is their intake process? (if their intake process is scattered, what does that say about their approach to your case?)
- Are they so laid back that you wonder if they will stand up for you? (you do NOT want that either)
- Is their office tidy and well-organized? (if their office is a mess, do you think they will run your case in a nice, organized fashion? Probably not!)
- Do they have dispute-resolution skills and training? (If they don’t, they probably won’t know how to much of anything other than positional bargaining that is unhelpful and does nothing to move your matter forward).
- Are they committed to mediation-based, collaborative, or other resolution approaches?
- Is their “go-to” bringing their clients to court? (Although there are rare circumstances when the court is necessary, families do NOT belong in court! Especially yours. Save your time, money, and hard-earned resources for you and your kids, not lining the pockets of your lawyer).
The Best Lawyer for Divorce is not one-size-fits-all:
However, the best lawyer for your divorce is not a one-size-fits-all-type situation. Now that you have the initial questions out of the way, you might want to dive deeper into what specific assistance you need based on your unique circumstances.
Every family is different. That means that the best family lawyer for one family might not be the best one for another. For example, if you have kids, and are concerned about heading right into a high-conflict divorce, as in if you are divorcing a narcissist, or divorcing someone with a borderline personality disorder, then when choosing the best family lawyer for your case you will want to go to the best divorce and child custody lawyer in your area. As well, if you are a parent, divorce and custody lawyers, particularly if they are parents themselves will have a deeper understanding of your concerns.
If your main concern is getting alimony or spousal support, then you will want a spousal support lawyer.
If you are a Dad and worried that the Mom will not share parenting time with you, you might not only want the best lawyer for child custody but a child custody lawyer for fathers specifically. A child custody attorney for fathers might be exactly what you need.
On the other hand, if you are a Mom, perhaps you will want a lawyer known as the best divorce lawyer for women in your area.
The best lawyer for divorce is always about you.
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Content written by:
Val Hemminger, divorce lawyer with heart, founder of Pathway Legal, terrier lover, Mom, fun person, and because every great legal team needs at least one ADHD powered person!
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