Everyone who gets married enters into the marriage with the thought of never leaving the arrangement until ‘death do us part’; however that is not always the case and many marriages end in divorce.

A divorce attorney will suggest that a couple enter into a separation agreement NY State before seeking a final divorce from one another.  A separation agreement is a legal and binding contract which separates the couple from being married in the eyes of the law while they sort through the nearly 30 different yet very important issues a couple must agree upon before signing on the dotted line to dissolve a marriage.  These issues range from who will pay a portion or all of the debt incurred during the marriage to who has custody of the children and who will have visitation rights.  Sometimes these things can be hammered out and agreed upon in no time while other times, neither side will budge and the judge orders a mediator to come in and sit down with a couple to help them discover what it is in the best interest for the child or children.

An uncontested divorce New York City is exceedingly rare these days because there always seems to be something to fight about between couples. Many couples with children seem to pit the children against each parent because one parent is mad at the other and they use the children as pawns in a never ending game of painful deception.

When kids are caught in the middle of a divorce, a judge will usually assign a child advocate or child’s lawyer on behalf of the child or children so that the child’s best interests and welfare is looked after without parental interference.  Custody mediation can be a difficult than to go through as divorcing parents; however if the parents keep their children in mind, and what is best for them, it makes the process easier for all parties involved.

Once in a while a contested divorce will turn into an uncontested divorce when one party sees how hurt the other party has become and the agreements will start being met and both parties will start to be more civil to each other which shows the children that their parents are still good, decent human beings.