Boston Divorce Lawyer Blog

Here are the top 10 reasons why you don’t need a divorce lawyer for an uncontested divorce:

1. You know exactly what the “merger” and “survival” clause of the Separation Agreement means.
2. You’ve divorced so many times that you know all the pitfalls and traps of a divorce (and your name is also Elizabeth Taylor)
3. You know exactly what parts of your Separation Agreement is modifiable, when it’s modifiable and how to modify it
4. You’d rather wait and spend thousands of dollars down the road to modify or file contempt actions then for a lawyer to tell you the pitfalls today
5. You expect the court’s clerks to give you legal advice
6. You expect the judge to give you legal advice
7. You know exactly how to write out the terms of child custody, child support, alimony, health insurance, property division, tax returns provisions, etc.
8. Your spouse’s divorce lawyer told you to sign on the dotted line with no explanation and you’re comfortable with that
9. You are a family court judge
10. You are a divorce lawyer

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