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Name: Dan Sharp New Member   Title: You Don't Need a Lawyer to Get a Divorce!

Most people are unaware that a licensed lawyer is not required to get a divorce. The legal paperwork to file and obtain a divorce is not rocket science and can be easily done. There are numerous online sources.

Licensed lawyers want you to think that they are indispensable to getting a divorce. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Lawyers have been trained to think that no transaction in any domain of life should take place without their involvement. Of course, that statement too is untrue.

In my entire adult life, I have never met an honest lawyer. This is the case because they are trained to be dishonest, although what they are trained to do is not called "dishonest." That's part of the double-speak that predominates in the world of law.

In the State of Texas, the law requires an attempt at mediation before a divorce will be granted. A substantial majority of lawyers don't like mediation because it costs them money and removes some of their power.

I advise people that a non-lawyer divorce mediator is the best person to use to get a divorce. The worst person you can use is a licensed lawyer.

Lawyers create controversy, stress, conflict, and ulcers. They also cost you and society a boatload of money that most money can't afford and don't have readily available for this purpose.

The practice of law is nothing more than a the practice of deception and greed. There is no competition in the practice of law, which is why lawyer income has skyrocketed to a level that exceeds physicians and all other occupational groups.

Lawyers have the highest rates of depression, divorce, suicide, alcoholism, and illegal drug use among all occupational groups.

Is that really the kind of person you want to help you get a divorce?

There is a good book out on this subject: The Shocking Truth About How Lawyers Poison Our Culture.

You should get a copy and read for yourself.

Name: johnmly New Member

True, you don't need a lawyer to get a divorce, but you don't need a lawyer to sue anyone or defend against any action in any legal area. You can sue Microsoft, evict people, sue the government, represent yourself in criminal trial, etc. etc.

However, the forms are definitely not simple if you have a complicated legal case, if there are disputes on parenting, child support, property and debts, and any other family law area where the law provides gray area as to what do do.

Your other statements are just hostile and misinformed. As a lawyer, I've never been "trained" to think people need my involvement. In fact, as a divorce lawyer, a good portion of my business is helping unrepresented persons fill out forms when the parties have or anticipate amicable settlement. I also strongly advocate for mediation and not only like it but look forward to it to resolve a case. Most divorce lawyers I know feel the same. A small portion are inclined to take cases unnecessarily to trial but that's a small minority. The fact is in this economy the vast majority of people don't even have the ability to pay for trial.

Nor are lawyers "trained" to be dishonest. They're trained to advocate by applying the law to a set of facts. If some are dishonest, that has nothing to do with training.

Non-lawyers can be fine mediators on simple matters. The problem is they don't know the law in any great detail, and resolving difficult legal cases requires legal knowledge. You can't just mediate facts. Saying a lawyer is the "worst" person to use as a mediator is like saying a psychologist is the worst person to go to seek counseling.

The last part about lawyer income "skyrocketing" and exceeding physicians is really a hoot. Just google the top 10 professional salaries - lawyers aren't in it. It's all persons in the medical field and business people.

Name: claudetimjansen New Member

A licensed lawyer is definately not required, there are a lot of divorce guides out there.

Claude
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Name: blu3boy New Member

Hi Dan,

I agree with you. Everyone who is thinking to get a divorce should consider as a FIRST option a non-lawyer divorce mediator.

All the best,
Andy http://howtogetadivorcex.com