Family divorce

“Most children—five out of six—live with their mothers after a divorce, so the financial effects of divorce on women and children are largely the same. Generally, women suffer more from financial losses than men because of unequal wages for men and women and because women usually have more expenses associated with the physical custody of children after divorce.”[Divorce] Everyone is aware that divorce is a bad thing, morally and religiously speaking. Little do they know, the financial issues that tie into to divorce are breaking families and causing them to live below the poverty level.

Filing for divorce is a very strenuous process. Depending on where you stand financially and what category you fall into with your lawyers; you will pay up to 3 times as much than what was initially stated. Regularly throughout advertisement, a person is asked to pay a fee around two hundred fifty dollars. Realistically, that price is only there to capture the divorcee’s attention in order to scam them into a higher price. Lawyers will not tell you this because they want their money, the fine print, she says, will often reveal extra costs -- from initial court fees to eventual asset-divvying lawyer fees. A more realistic final price tag is anywhere from $15,000 to $30,000, with hourly rates typically running from $150 to $1,000. [Huffington post]

Not only do divorcees spend substantial amounts of money from their initial transaction, they may also spend twice as much from trying to separate from their lawyer. Many lawyers around the country embezzle, cheat, steal, and bribe their way into winning any case. Because of this, many family attorneys end up being sued by their own clients causing a significant amount of pain, suffering and long lasti...

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... (Wade, Horn and Busy, -Fathers, Marriage and Welfare Reform, Hudson Institute Executive Briefing, 1997)

*50% of all the children born to married parents today, will experience the divorce of their parents before they are 18 years old. (Fagan, Fitzgerald, Rector, -The Effects of Divorce On America-)

Overall, divorce is a devastating financial disaster that no one should ever have to go through unless they have too. Lawyers can swindle you out of a great majority of your money, your child or children will develop connection issues, and filing for divorce is overall a more strenuous process than marriage itself. If people stop getting married at such a young age and when they are not ready, divorce will substantially decrease in America. A happy marriage is a strong marriage and all marital issues should be resolved amongst each other depleting the need for divorce.