When it comes to divorce cases, people have a lot of emotion tied up with all of the problems that have led them to want to put an end to their marriage. They often arrive at a lawyer’s office feeling inclined to rant about their spouse’s behavior, or to try to put a good possible spin on their own actions. While this kind of experience can be cathartic, it’s not what you should be doing when you’re paying for a lawyer’s time. Your Divorce Attorney can help you better if you provide a factual account of what happened, and you share every detail that you feel could become relevant to the case.
It’s important to remember that you’re probably paying for legal services on an hourly basis. If you take a lot of time to go over how you felt when something happened, or how hurtful your spouse’s behavior was, you’re paying for the time that you spend doing so. Worse, if you have an appointment for a set period of time, focusing on the most emotional aspects of events can pull your attention away from discussing details that are much more legally relevant. It doesn’t hurt you tell the lawyer that your spouse cheated, but it can be a problem if you talk about that for so long that you never remember to mention that there are overseas accounts that may hold some of the marital assets.
Honesty and clarity are also important because it gives your lawyer a chance to prepare for what might come up in court. If you’re the one who cheated, drank, yelled at the children every night, or set up overseas bank accounts, these are things that the people providing you with legal assistance need to know. That knowledge can allow them to prepare for the possibility that your spouse will bring that information up in court so that they can defuse it and make it as harmless as possible.
It’s very difficult to be completely objective about how and why your own marriage has broken down, but it’s important to try. Your Divorce Attorney will be able to do better work for you when he is given all of the facts and has the opportunity to focus on the most pressing details. If you want to set up a consultation to discuss your situation, you can contact Law Offices Of Elan Wurtzel PC.
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