First and foremost, you need to sit down with a good family law attorney and discuss your situation. After all, there is a huge difference between an amicable divorce and a contested divorce, and an attorney can help you understand not only what you should expect from the process, but what you can do to avoid making it worse.
What you are going to need to do above everything else is keep your cool, find a good attorney, listen to their advice, and then follow all the right steps while respecting the deadlines your lawyer gives you. If it’s an amicable divorce you may be able to settle things quickly, but a contested divorce can drag on for quite a while. You’ll want to get appropriate time estimates from your lawyer and prepare for the long run.
In both types of divorce, it’s important to avoid antagonizing your former partner. It doesn’t matter who’s right or who’s wrong, making the other side angry will only make the process more difficult.
