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> process that typically costs as much as each party buying a car, and takes months or years to complete Isn't that the nature of the beast? When you get marr

• paulryanrogers 3y ago
  How do long cohabitating folks handle it? What if they comingle funds?
• giantg2 3y ago
  "If everything was ended amicably without lawyers you'd only be out a few hundred bucks." But that's not even possible. Even the people I've known who split amicably still required lawyers. This goes back to the asymmetrical legal aspects of getting married vs dissolving one. You don't need to draw up a contract, disclose assets, or anything when getting married. You just adopt the standard contract as defined by the government. When divorcing, you are required to disclose assets, have property assessed, you need to split up the assets, and work out child care/cost details. You could likely work out a lot of this, but in general you still need a lawyer to make sure the agreement checks all the legal boxes. Then the state needs to approve it. Even if both parties agree, the state may not allow you to make certain agreements if they don't like it, or they think it's no longer fair (prenup). There are even law firms that offer amicable divorce services - they still cost thousands of dollars. Even if you could file yourself, it costs about 10x the cost to get a marriage license.