Archive for March, 2009

In family law forms circles, the old joke that it’s cheaper to keep your spouse than to divorce him or her still makes the rounds. It applies as much to the amount you will spend in lawyer’s fees for a divorce as to how much of “your” assets will be shared with your soon-to-be “Ex.”

Although most divorces will not be like The Donald and Ivana Trump divorce, the reality is that even a “simple” divorce can cost you quite a penny unless you’re willing to put some effort and use resources which courts have in place to help those who want to represent themselves–known as pro se parties.

Career Legal Advise

Tip number 1

“Never marry a miner”

That legal advise was from a most unlikely source and was totally unsolicited. I started my legal advise career in Pontefract, a close-knit mining community which, in the 1970’s, was recovering from the trauma of the miners’ strike. As an articled clerk, I was regularly dispatched to Leeds for County Court directions hearings. Appearing before the Senior Registrar with some trepidation, he suddenly fixed his beady eye on me, demanded to know which firm I represented and then barked to my consternation “Never marry a miner!”

Tip number 2

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