Divorce or Dissolution of Marriage: Divorce is a legal Court process where the court has control over and will issue an order effecting every area of a party’s life. Divorce involves your income and how much of your income you will get to keep and how much of it you will have to pay the other party for support or spousal maintenance. Divorce involves your pension, your real estate, your liability for debts incurred by you or your spouse during your marriage. Divorce effects your children, how much and how often you will get to see them. Divorce effects the money you have saved and invested. Divorce involves all aspects of your life and everything you every acquired and worked for, and it will determine what you will get to keep of it in the future. Whether you have minor children or not, whether you are both in agreement with issues or not, it is important that you receive legal advice from your own individual attorney so that you are aware of your rights before you sign and enter into any legal agreement in family court. Once the court signs a Court Order, it is very difficult and if it involves property, often impossible to have the court change the order at a later time. Even if you and your spouse agree on all issues, it is important that the agreement is written in such a way that the actual legal effect of the agreement is in fact, what you thought you were agreeing to. It is important to get the advice of an experienced family law attorney before having the Court approve any agreement or issue any order, especially one that effects literally every area of your life. You can help your divorce attorney by providing the information and documentation listed on this page of our site: Documents for Divorce.