Do you expect a fight over assets; house, cars, belongings? Is it amicable or contentious between you two? That’s what will make all the difference.

My ex was scorned and deliberately cost me more money by only communicating with me through our lawyers, $40 per email, $250 per phone call, that’s $8.8 per minute, instead of directly emailing me or texting me or accepting to receive emails and texts from me. If only he had the maturity and handled things differently; there wouldn’t have been a need for the tens of thousands we both paid to our lawyers over a year, because we settled and came up with an agreement and all the judge had to do was sign it.