How to Negotiate a Divorce Settlement That’s Fair: A Divorce Lawyer’s Tips

The document in your hand is shaking.?Your face is flushing like a rocket on a launching pad. You knew negotiating your divorce wouldn’t be easy. But you thought your spouse would at least be a little bit reasonable! Looking at the settlement proposal in your hand, you’re not so sure anymore. Now you’re wondering how to negotiate a divorce settlement that’s fair … without strangling your spouse in the process!

Negotiating your divorce settlement is no one’s idea of a good time. Most lawyers will tell you not to even try to negotiate your divorce settlement yourself.

But what most lawyers won’t tell you is that, even if they are negotiating your divorce settlement, they rarely negotiate EVERYTHING.

Most often, your lawyer negotiates “the big stuff” in your divorce. (… like what happens to the house, your business, the retirement accounts etc.)

But YOU still have to negotiate “the little stuff” directly with your spouse. (… like how to divide up the furniture, the personal items, and the pets.)

Of course, you could pay your lawyer $500 an hour to help you divide up the dishes. But most people aren’t willing to do that … and most lawyers don’t want to do it!

That means that, like it or not, you WILL be negotiating at least some pieces of your divorce settlement.

Of course, there’s a huge difference between negotiating a few small things and negotiating EVERYTHING in your divorce.

But, if you’re like most people, you probably don’t have much negotiation training. So, chances are, you’d like to offload as much of your divorce negotiation as you can onto your lawyer.

But is that the best idea? ... READ MORE