Everything that KML said! And if you don't believe her, read my threads. I am the poster child for all those things, including the shared business, and look what happened to me and is still happening! And I HAD lawyers but they were terrible, and my judge is terrible, so you have to be prepared to understand everything you are entitled to, even if it's to know what you are secretly willing to give up for the sake of peace. Getting any interim agreement in place is good because then you can establish status quo and ask to keep it til the kids are in college.

My dad also told me, based on his D from my MLC mom, that he got very good advice from his lawyer at the time. Cut all ties, leave nothing open. For my dad that meant giving her a credit for alimony and child support on her share of the house, so that after their D, they had no cause to have any financial discussion ever again.

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