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		<title>Stop Your Divorce Now &#8211; When You&#8217;re Headed For A Split</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m really scared because I think my marriage may be in trouble and we are definitely heading towards a divorce. Please tell me something tangible that I can do to restore the harmony in my marriage and do away with the never-ending conflict.&#8221; If this is your situation, here&#8217;s what you can do to stop [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really scared because I think my marriage may be in trouble and we are definitely heading towards a divorce. Please tell me something tangible that I can do to restore the harmony in my marriage and do away with the never-ending conflict.&#8221;</p>
<p>If this is your situation, here&#8217;s what you can do to stop your divorce.</p>
<p>How To Stop Your Divorce</p>
<p>1. Empower your partner:</p>
<p>A marriage that is not on equal footing will eventually fall apart. If any one of the partners has more power, for instance &#8211; he/she is the one who always make all the important decisions, is not open to suggestions from the other partner, or their word is law &#8211; then such a marriage won&#8217;t work.</p>
<p>Thus, to keep your marriage strong, you have to make it such that both the partners feel that their opinion matters. I&#8217;m not suggesting that you will suddenly begin to see eye to eye on everything, but at least both of you can have your say and then find a solution that is mutually acceptable.</p>
<p>2. Never sleep on a fight: Yes, you&#8217;ve heard that one before. But do you actually follow the advice? No matter how small or silly the argument seems, you should talk and resolve it before going to bed. If left unresolved, even small things can fester and before you know it you start to resent your partner or vice versa. Thus, make sure you sort out any disagreements before they are blown out of proportion.</p>
<p>3. Don&#8217;t fight dirty: So your partner has really hurt you bad. But that still does not make it ok for you to fight dirty. If you&#8217;re in a fight, make sure you stick to the topic at hand and don&#8217;t rake up past issues that have nothing to do with why you&#8217;re fighting.</p>
<p>Name calling and hitting below the belt are huge no-nos too. Also, you need to be careful what you say in &#8216;jest&#8217; also as it could be extremely hurtful to your partner. The way you fight when issues crop up will make the difference between a strong and a weak marriage.</p>
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		<title>How to Save My Marriage and Avoid Divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>If you&#8217;re asking yourself “how can I avoid a divorce?” you have come to the right place. I will show you the beginning steps that will teach you “how to save my marriage.” Always remember that there are no impossible situations and you will be starting off on the right foot. Saving your marriage starts with believing you can&#8230;make sense?</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">How Far Has It Gone?</span></strong></p>
<p>Where are you in the process, has your wife/husband filed for a separation or a divorce? If nothing has happened you&#8217;re in great shape and just need to start doing things correctly. If a separation was filed you are also still in good shape and have a great chance to “save my marriage.” Don&#8217;t worry if divorce has been filed you can still get your ex back and save your marriage as well&#8230;How? By taking back the power using a simple technique known as the no contact rule.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Turning The Tables</span></strong></p>
<p>Up until now I bet you have been begging, and pleading for them to take you back and save the marriage, right? Well, this hasn&#8217;t worked very well and you&#8217;re wondering why&#8230;you are pushing your wife/husband away by doing these things. If you are not separated or divorced yet I would suggest using no contact to start “pulling” your wife/husband back to you. If divorce has started I suggest you also use the no contact rule, but do not attempt the “reconnection” phase until after the divorce is final.</p>
<p>A failing marriage is the same as a failing relationship, you do not want to “save” a failing relationship/marriage. What did I just say? I know the title of this article is “how to save my marriage and avoid divorce” but what you really want to do is get your husband/wife back again and start a “new” relationship. The faster you embrace this idea of letting the “old” failed marriage go (even if it means divorce) the faster you will make progress towards a new relationship with your husband/wife&#8230;understand? You must fight the basic human instinct to hold on tighter when someone pulls something away from you, and then you will learn “how to save my marriage.”</p>
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		<title>The Best Way to Stop Divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Stop a divorce as much as possible. That&#8217;s one rule that most married couples abide by for the sake of their children and the immediate family members who can get affected by the separation. The worst scenario could lead to the problems of broken homes and demoralizing children in the family. So it is only necessary for married couples to avoid getting divorced. If the relationship can still be worked out, why not work it out? Isn&#8217;t it best to try and make things work?</p>
<p>To stop fighting is one of the best things to do to stop divorce. Simple disagreements lead to serious disputes without respect and consideration. Consider the important fact that everybody commits mistakes at least once in a while. So to make things better, considering the spouse&#8217;s opinions or conditions would only be a good step forward. Respect is also very necessary that without which, proper communication wouldn&#8217;t be possible at all.</p>
<p>For women, threatening and nagging the husband isn&#8217;t at all respectful. Divorce is neither a good bribe nor a good trade. It isn&#8217;t a good motivation as well. Women should learn how to control themselves and should avoid yelling or running away. Sometimes, menstrual period is reasoned for this behavior; however, such occurrence can be avoided by simply having an open mind. Whether in a menstrual cycle or not, one has the power to control by simply having the will power to embrace amity.</p>
<p>If love&#8217;s the issue, the best way to stop divorce is to establish a good and honest communication in the relationship. When it comes to love affair, consultation could help ease the doubts or misunderstanding. Confrontation as well makes it easier to determine if the spouse concerned is being honest or not. If something is totally wrong, do not pretend. Honesty with ones feelings is only important otherwise, it would only create a series of lies thereby.</p>
<p>Being calm also helps ease the tension so try to be calm. To stop divorce, one must do away with the nonsense fighting. Fighting with each other is not good especially in front of the children. Always consider the sake of the children.</p>
<p>To stop divorce is the same way as stopping the almost impossible. However, in due time, it could be the best choice. It could lead to a happy family and best of all; the moral fiber of the children still stays with the family. It&#8217;s truly difficult to stop divorce but with the truest desire of keeping the family whole and happy everything is possible.</p>
<p>A lot of people would have resorted immediately to divorce without amicable settlement first. The result is that the relationship ends, the family broken and the children&#8217;s pain are never mended. The best way to stop divorce is to stop being hasty and thinking that the good relationship isn&#8217;t recoverable. Imminently, problems are never truly solved with divorce. It just starts more problems as another course of action is taken. To stop divorce is to stop it all!
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		<title>How To Avoid The Divorce</title>
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<p>First, if you were the one who made the result to end the marriage and now you question, how can I plug my split? You should reach that you’re in a much better station than most people trying to rescue their relationships. You’ll should to swallow your pride and go to your wife with a lament. Explain that you acted hastily and that now you regret it. Explain that you no longer want the split, and perhaps even that you never hunted it but you spoke out of anger and you were wicked.</p>
<p>This might look a tough march, but it’s necessary. Since you were the one to pass up the number of detach, your partner might have happening acutely considering, and thoughts that it’s a good idea, too. When you want to know, “How to obstruct my separate,” you necessity to unearth what your husband thinks of the idea and make it tidy that you offend. Unless they’ve had a lot of time and intention of determining that you were right and annulment is the best footstep, you can doubtless prevent the wedding just by admitting you made a blooper.</p>
<p>If you’re wondering, “How can I rest my separate when I didn’t want it in the first place,” then you have your work cut out for you. You can explain, without sentence or accusations, that you think the wedding means reduction and that you don’t want a separate. Chances are that you’ve done this, more than once. Nevertheless the way you say it can make a difference.</p>
<p>It’s important for you to be very mature and calm about it. That’s not forever tranquil to do. Divorce is an emotional and terrible thing. Nevertheless it’s one thing to cry while explaining that you want to inhabit marrying, and wholly another to screech or liquefy into panic. If you scream, accuse or headland fingers at your partner, you’re generous him or her even more grounds to want to get away from you. If you want to learn ‘how to hinder my detach’ you have to let going of the anger and resentment you feel toward your partner for ever suggesting it in the first place.</p>
<p>You also have to be agreeable to work on your harms. You must assent that the relationship can’t go back to the way it was, but must change for the better. Suggest marital counseling. Explain, “I want to pause my distance,” but make it earn you know your partner was down with the way clothes were, and you’re organized to make them better.
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		<title>Ways to Help a Marriage in Trouble – How to Save Your Relationship and Avoid a Divorce</title>
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<p>If you feel that your relationship with your spouse has fallen onto a slippery slope and is headed towards divorce, it can be devastating. Loving someone and watching everything you’ve built together crumble to the ground is emotionally and physically challenging. Part of you may very well want to run away and hide, but the other part is telling you that you need to fight to keep your family together. If you feel that your marriage is crumbling, but you want to recreate the emotional bond with your partner, there is help for you to do it. There are ways to help a marriage in trouble that will allow you the opportunity to connect again with your spouse so your relationship is more satisfying and happier than ever.</p>
<p>Obviously communication is the cornerstone of any successful partnership and that’s very true of a marriage as well. When a couple first meets and even during the early days of the marriage, both partners are very focused on the other. They love talking and hearing about what is going on in the other’s life. That tends to change once children and the stresses of daily life enter the equation. Talking about shared feelings can often be replaced with chatter about the children and their accomplishments and needs. The couple may stop communicating about what they’re feeling in terms of the marriage and that can lead to all sorts of problems. That’s why it’s so fundamentally important to set aside time each day to communicate one-on-one with each other. Listen closely to what your partner is saying and learn from it. Share your innermost thoughts and feelings with them. If you can do this, you’ll notice the emotional distance between you two becoming less and less.</p>
<p>Another of the ways to help a marriage in trouble is to make an active effort each day to view your spouse in a more positive light. When you live with someone it becomes very easy to focus primarily on their negative qualities. If you continually do this over time, you risk changing your opinion of them forever. Don’t allow your spouse’s shortcomings to overshadow everything about them that you absolutely adore. Each time you feel drawn to thoughts of parts of their personality you don’t find appealing or habits they have that you find distasteful, switch over to a thought about something you absolutely love or admire about them. If you do this, over time you’ll notice that you start to see them the way you did when you first met. That can really change the entire dynamic of your marriage.
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		<title>How to Avoid a Divorce – Steps to Take to Rebuild Your Marriage</title>
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<p>You&#8217;re wondering how to avoid a divorce. Your marriage is crumbling, isn&#8217;t it? Try as you might you can&#8217;t figure out exactly what to do to save it. Maybe you&#8217;ve talked to your partner about the state of your relationship or perhaps the two of you are just going through the motions, ignoring the fact that your relationship is quickly slipping into the abyss of divorce. It doesn&#8217;t have to be this way. You don&#8217;t have to give up. If you love your partner and you want your marriage to not only survive, but thrive, do something about it. You have the ability to change the future for both you and your spouse. You can stay together and live a life that is happier than either of you ever imagined.</p>
<p>Learning how to avoid a divorce has a great deal to do with facing your problems head on. We often shy away from talking to our spouse about what&#8217;s troubling the marriage because we fear that we&#8217;ll upset them and it will initiate a series of events that culminates in a huge fight. Feelings will inevitably be hurt and the two of you will be further apart than you are now. That&#8217;s the very reason you do need to communicate but in a very specific way.</p>
<p>You have to agree to let go of all of your resentments. Explain to your spouse that you&#8217;re intent on rebuilding the marriage and you promise not to interrupt them when they&#8217;re sharing their feelings. Then follow through with that. Listen carefully to what your spouse tells you about what they&#8217;re feeling. Learn from it and make changes so they feel more connected to you. View their words as a life raft. If you use that knowledge effectively, the marriage can survive.</p>
<p>Now is the time for you to shift your priorities. If you and your spouse aren&#8217;t devoting quality time to each other anymore, the relationship can&#8217;t really grow. You need to start viewing your marriage as the most important thing in your life. Obviously, you can&#8217;t just neglect your work or your children but just as you make time for them, you have to make time for your spouse. Schedule uninterrupted time for the two of you to do the things you enjoy. That might mean going out to dinner or perhaps settling onto the sofa after the children have gone to bed to watch a movie together. The key is to reconnect again. You have to get to know your spouse again if you want to avoid a divorce and ensure your relationship grows.
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		<description><![CDATA[When married couples find themselves in a relationship crisis, the possibility of divorce often starts coming up more and more frequently.  Certainly divorce will give you the freedom to go your separate ways and be done with the conflict.  But if you truly desire to stop your divorce, there are several strategies you can begin [...]]]></description>
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<p>When married couples find themselves in a relationship crisis, the possibility of divorce often starts coming up more and more frequently.  Certainly divorce will give you the freedom to go your separate ways and be done with the conflict.  But if you truly desire to stop your divorce, there are several strategies you can begin implementing right now which may turn your relationship around.  In fact, your spouse will never know what hit him!</p>
<p>Granted, these strategies take a little work.  And most of the work, if you want to stop your divorce, is yours to do.  Don&#8217;t put the onus on your spouse to change.  In fact, if you try following these strategies, your spouse will likely be surprised and start changing in response to you.  Keep in mind, that these will feel very counter-intuitive to you initially.  They will likely be the very opposite of how you have been behaving.  So be prepared to try on some new behaviors which will help you stop your divorce in its tracks!</p>
<p>The first thing you need to do is stop complaining about or criticizing anything about your spouse or your marriage.  Every time you engage in that sort of behavior, you just push your spouse further away and give him more reason to want to go through with the divorce.  So, work hard to catch yourself when you want to make a critical or negative remark if your goal is to stop your divorce.</p>
<p>Instead, take an unusually agreeable stance.  If your spouse makes a critical comment or complains, agree with him.  For example, if he says something like, &#8220;all we ever do is fight&#8221;, rather than try to convince him that that isn&#8217;t true, (and thus be letting him know how wrong he is) agrees with it.  You might say (and you must be sincere), &#8220;you are right….we do fight a lot.&#8221;  And once you have agreed, drop it.  Don&#8217;t say anything else.  Don&#8217;t give in to your urge to defend yourself or the marriage.  Just agree.</p>
<p>Second, don&#8217;t pressure your spouse in any way.  When people are having marriage problems, it is not uncommon for one spouse to be pressuring the other to make changes.  If you want to stop your divorce, this is a huge mistake.</p>
<p>Whenever you pressure someone, you not only put them on the defense, you trigger their resistance.  No one likes to feel pressured, so the natural tendency is to resist it.  Stop yourself whenever you feel the urge to pressure your spouse to work on the marriage, make changes, etc.</p>
<p>Third, avoid having serious conversations.  Those can do more harm than good in a fragile relationship.  The reasons they can be so damaging is because they create undue pressure in the relationship.  Again, pressure will backfire if your goal is to stop your divorce.</p>
<p>Last, keep things light hearted, casual, and upbeat.  In other words, cliché as this may sound, &#8220;go with the flow&#8221;.  So many problems arise when we try to fight against a situation.  By allowing it and no longer fighting it, it frees up the resistance and will often lead to things turning themselves around.  And it takes far less energy to go with the flow than against it.</p>
<p>Practice doing these things and you will be much more likely to stop your divorce. Keep in mind, you must do them consistently.  If you slip back into old habits of criticizing, pressuring or complaining, you will just shift things back to where they were.  But keep doing these, and it will give your marriage the best chance of working out after all.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you and your spouse have found that you have no other choice and you think that you need to get a divorce, here are 9 important tips to help you stay out of the divorce court. 1. The first thing you must remember is that neither you nor your spouse is the type of [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you and your spouse have found that you have no other choice and you think that you need to get a divorce, here are 9 important tips to help you stay out of the divorce court.</p>
<p>1. The first thing you must remember is that neither you nor your spouse is the type of person you used to be when you were first married. Throughout your marriage your experiences, your lifestyle and the birth of your children may have changed who you are. Trying to go back to that person is impossible, so your relationship will never be the same.  However you can restructure the situation to ensure that your needs are met.</p>
<p>2. You will need to take the time to find out about your spouse all over again. With the tons of things you both have to do every day, you rarely have time to spend time with each other. You have jobs, children, community activities and many other things that will keep you from being together. In order to save your marriage and keep you from losing touch with your spouse you will need to schedule your spouse for some good old fashioned romance time, just so you and he can be together and reconnect on a one on one level.</p>
<p>3. Take a long hard look at who you have become and ask yourself if you would still marry you. When your marriage is ruined the first thing most people do is put the blame off on their spouse, however in order to save your marriage, you will need to see what part you played in the demise of your relationship, and what you can do to change it so that you can get back together. In addition take the time to make yourself attractive, have confidence in yourself, you will need to find out what is was about you that got him excited in the first place and make yourself look and act closer to that person.</p>
<p>4. Take a look at the arguments you and your spouse have been having, go over each one in your mind and find out what caused them. Look at how you handled the argument and think of ways you could have avoided that situation. Look into your part in the arguments and ask yourself if you used your strengths against your partners weaknesses instead of trying to see their side of the story. Also look and see if that argument became more of a fight and how you can keep it from going that far next time. This is very important to your marriage that you learn how to argue constructively so that you dont alienate your spouse.</p>
<p>5. Get out of your everyday patterns, when you get stuck in a routine, your marriage becomes boring and stale. You will need to take the time to find a few things that can put the excitement back into your marriage.</p>
<p>6. The most important is to remember to love only your spouse. You may notice others that are physically attraction and think Wow, the grass is really green over there however everything always looks better from where you are standing. Once you get to the other side you may find that the problems are worse and wish for the husband or wife you always had but now your relationship has been destroyed by divorce. However if you take the time to simply love the one you have you can keep your marriage together and not start all over with someone who may not be nearly as good as the one you have.</p>
<p>7. You will need to take the time to communicate, talk to your spouse and learn how to listen to your spouse.</p>
<p>8. The most important things are that any changes that are positive can have a profound effect on your marriage. So you should spend time fixing the things that you can fix and stay away from fixing those that you cant. You will need to use patience when your spouse does things that make you mad and be tolerant of his more annoying habits. Learning to do these things will help the relationship and keep you married.</p>
<p>9. If you feel that you need further help, you should look toward finding professional help. In order for you to have a successful marriage you must be positive about the changes you may be asked to make by your counselor. They will teach you things that should help you to revitalize your marriage and prevent you from getting a divorce.</p>
<p>If you really want to fix your marriage and stay together, you will need to take all the right actions to make your marriage work. You will need to be both patient and tolerant, as fixing a marriage will take some time. Take the time to get to know your spouse and look toward his strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses. By being steadfast to your commitment to your spouse you will keep your marriage intact and avoid getting a divorce.
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		<description><![CDATA[For a woman to deal with divorce depression and start all over, it can be a difficult period. Every divorced woman needs to overcome depression and cope with the challenges that come after a marital separation. The challenges of having a divorce include financial insecurity, getting a job and taking care of the children. The [...]]]></description>
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<p>For a woman to deal with divorce depression and start all over, it can be a difficult period. Every divorced woman needs to overcome depression and cope with the challenges that come after a marital separation.</p>
<p>The challenges of having a divorce include financial insecurity, getting a job and taking care of the children. The emotional pains of a divorce is difficult for many women. Getting a divorce can be a unpleasant experience. But it can also prove to be a period for growth and personal development. However, before this can be done every divorced woman has to rise above depression and start all over.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Let go of Painful Emotions</span></strong></p>
<p>Anger, shame and sadness are emotions that keep divorced women in resentment towards their husbands and themselves. Share pain with people who love you, understand and care. Work towards forgetting the past. Look forward to an exciting life. This builds an inner strength and a greater self-esteem for a woman recovering from a divorce.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Don&#8217;t Expect too Much too Soon</span></strong></p>
<p>To get over divorce depression, many women choose to start dating immediately. Getting into another relationship after a divorce is not always a good idea. As this could lead to a repetition of bad mistakes. &#8220;Brief&#8221; sexual encounters are never useful in rebuilding self-esteem. Avoid bed hopping like a bunny.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Meet New People</span></strong></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t mull over your divorce status. Go out and meet people. You don&#8217;t have to look far. New friends and potential marriage partners are within the course of your business and social interests. Join associations such as Parents Without Partners, Singles International or Divorced Moms. Tell your buddies and co-workers to introduce you to people you will enjoy being with.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Go Easy on Children</span></strong></p>
<p>Divorce is hard on children. Avoid introducing your new dates or friends to your children as soon as you meet them. Regardless of how they seem to be taking it, divorce or marriage separation is harder on children than the parents. Be a better parent in divorce.</p>
<p>Time and people will make it better for you. Take it one step at a time. You will soon get over your divorce depression. And end up very happy.
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		<title>Top 5 Dirty Divorce Tricks and Tips on Avoiding Them</title>
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<p>Will your spouse play dirty? Here are the 5 common dirty divorce tricks and some tips on avoiding them.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">False Allegations</span></strong></p>
<p>False allegations of spousal and child abuse can have tragic consequences on the outcome of a divorce case. No one wants to be denied custody of their children because of some made-up story beefed up by self-inflicted or accidental physical injuries and supported by false witnesses.</p>
<p>The best way to avoid this dirty trick is to have as good a relationship with your children as possible, so that your spouse will not be able to influence them to lie on his or her behalf. Also, make an effort to appear stable and caring to friends and family, so that they would not even think of supporting your spouse’s false allegations in court.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hiding Income</span></strong></p>
<p>Because child support and maintenance depends on income, parties go to a large extent to minimize their own income on the books and make the other party look like the one with a large income.</p>
<p>Many times, this issue can be cleared up through discovery. However, if the other spouse has his or her own business or works for cash, avoiding this dirty trick and proving income can be a tricky business, often involving the assistance of investigators. The most important thing is to find out as much as possible about the income without doing anything illegal, like intercepting private communications.</p>
<p>To avoid claim that you have a high income, keep painstaking records of your income, preferably using the services of an accountant.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hiding Assets</span></strong></p>
<p>Just as your spouse can hide income, he or she can hide assets that are acquired during marriage. The best way to avoid this dirty trick is to investigate the extent of your spouse’s assets before the divorce is started.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Wasting Marital Property</span></strong></p>
<p>Frivolously spending marital money is called “dissipation of marital assets.” Your spouse is wasting marital property is he or she is:</p>
<p>• spending money for purposes that are entirely unrelated to the marriage</p>
<p>• the timing is close to the divorce</p>
<p>• the spending is excessive</p>
<p>• the spouse intended to hide, deplete, or divert an asset</p>
<p>Some common examples of wasting marital property include</p>
<p>• Gifts to the spouse&#8217;s lover</p>
<p>• Gifts to the spouse’s family members</p>
<p>• Gambling</p>
<p>• Losses in a risky business</p>
<p>The best way to deal with this dirty trick is to transfer half of the marital money into your separate bank account, and to immediately ask the court to direct the spouse to reverse the transaction (if possible), and to ask the court to consider this wasteful dissipation of marital assets during property distribution.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Getting Into Debt</span></strong></p>
<p>Getting into debt, especially credit card debt, can hurt the finances of both of the spouses. But in the emotional turmoil of divorce, not everyone cares about that. Some spouses even overspend on purpose, to hurt the other spouse.</p>
<p>To prevent this from happening, do not have joint credit card accounts, and check your credit report regularly. Also, check all of your credit card statements regularly and watch the mail for any “surprises.”</p>
<p>It is my hope that this article will be able to help you avoid falling into a trap, and will hopefully make your divorce process less unpleasant.
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