Getting a divorce may not just be about getting the
legal document that says you aren’t married anymore.
There is often a house to think about, shared finances, or
children. Your life is possibly going to be very different
once the divorce goes through, and you have to have
a clear idea before you enter into the divorce process
what you want to try and achieve.
But in deciding what your objectives are for your divorce
settlement, you have to be realistic. Courts try to be
fair to both sides and are usually unwilling to give one
party much more than another unless there is a very
good reason to do so. What they will do is look at what
each of you needs to live on, and if there are children
involved, to put the interests of those children first.
Nor are courts interested in debates about how and
why the relationship broke down, who was right and
who was wrong. You may think that you deserve more
from the divorce because your partner cheated on you
or because you feel their behaviour was unreasonable.
If a court is involved, they will take an objective view,
especially if children are involved. Any settlement the
court considers will be designed to be fair taking into
account current and future need.
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