When someone asked me “When is the best time to get divorced?,” I ask them “When do you want to start moving on with your life?”
There are many reasons people delay a divorce. Anxiety is chief among them. However, delay can often increase anxiety – as a lack of information normally does.
The broadest categories of divorce are child custody and money. If you’d like to talk about either, contact me, Illinois family law attorney David Wolkowitz; I may be able to help you get the information you need to reduce your anxiety.
Child custody in Illinois
If you have kids, hopefully you can get divorced amicably. As a divorce attorney in Chicago, Evanston, Schaumburg, and elsewhere, helping parents achieve a peaceful solution something I like to do.
If you have kids and your marriage is coming to an end, you are rightly concerned about your children’s well-being. A low-conflict divorce can be the best way to do that; for more about this, you might want to read my post titled “What is an uncontested divorce in Illinois?”
Money
Getting divorced is a lot easier if you don’t have kids. No one wants to lose money, but time with your children definitely cannot be replaced.
Certainly, people are rightfully concerned about the division of marital assets. While some concerns about money are related to providing for basic necessities, in my experience those who fight the most about money are those who have the most.
People who cannot separate their egos from their divorce case are good at creating a miserable divorce process. For example, many people see divorce as a way to be compensated for being mistreated. Those people resemble junior high students more than they do those who truly want to move on with their lives.