Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

Do you have to have a lawyer to get a divorce? We have children but do not own anything except one car?


Asked on 5/02/11, 12:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

There is no requirement that you have a lawyer to obtain a divorce, just like there is no requirement that you have a trained mechanic work on your car. However, if you do not know what you are doing, you could cause yourself a lot of additional issues. I suggest that you

hire counsel. Some, such as myself offer what is known as unbundled services. That is a fancy term for a per item service. For example, hiring an attorney just to draft a petition as opposed to representing you on everything. However,again, I suggest caution, as you do not want to make mistakes procedurally and find yourself married to two women at the same time somewhere down the line. Good luck.

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Answered on 5/03/11, 4:22 am


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