How Should you proceed During a Divorce?

HOW SHOULD YOU GO ABOUT IT DURING A DIVORCE?

If you’re getting a divorce, you’re probably feeling overwhelmed, nervous, afraid, or some mix of the three. Our aggregate expertise guiding clients through this unfamiliar and scary process has led us to a few simple realities that everyone contemplating divorce should remember. Allow these simple ideas to calm your nerves since you can rest assured that they will set you on the correct track for the upcoming legal processes.

HOW TO ACT DURING A DIVORCE

1. Be truthful with your attorney and respond to his or her requests for information.
2. Make a list of all marital and separate real and personal property, together with their approximate values.
3. Prepare a financial information package that includes, but is not limited to,  bank statements, securities account information, credit card statements, loan paperwork, real estate transactions, and so on.
4. Make a list of all the things you do with your children.
5. Make a budget for your monthly spending and those of your children.
6. Before consulting with an attorney, determine your own critical needs, interests, and priorities.

WHAT TO STAY AWAY FROM DURING A DIVORCE

1. Keep your children out of the divorce proceedings.
2. Avoid arguing with your partner.  
3. If at all possible, avoid arguing in front of your children.
4. Do not mention anything unpleasant about your spouse to your children or anybody else within hearing distance of your children.
5. Try not to get unduly emotional about your divorce or your life after divorce in front of your children.
6.  You run the danger of exacerbating their uneasiness and worry of the future.
7. Deny your husband access to the children unless there is a compelling cause to do so (for example, domestic violence, abuse, etc.), and then only on the advice of counsel.
8. Change the locks on the house only if instructed to do so by your lawyer.

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Alpana Bhandari

Ms. Advocate Alpana Bhandari is the CEO of Divorce Lawyer Nepal. She focuses her practice on all elements of family law, including divorce, custody, and property division. She advises prospective clients on, among other things, foreign direct investment (FDI), planned investments, joint ventures, and corporate and individual legal counsel on business establishment, business purchase, sales, contract review, contract drafting, share transfer, and company agreements.