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When You Need A Lawyer
You should get a lawyer right away if one or more of the following are true:
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Physical Abuse. You feel that you or your children are physically unsafe and you want a restraining order.
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Emotional Abuse. Your spouse is so emotionally abusive to you that you are sure that mediation would not be possible.
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Extreme Inequality. In most relationships, there is a partner who is more assertive and a better
negotiator. Part of a mediator's job is to intervene to compensate for that party's advantages, so the
parties can interact on terms of equality. But some times one spouse is so strong and the other spouse
is so weak that there is no way they are going to have any kind of meaningful dialogue. In that case, the
weaker spouse simply needs legal representation.
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Served with Papers. Your spouse has hired a lawyer and commenced divorce proceedings. You can still
mediate. Just hire a lawyer who is mediation-friendly and approach your spouse about the possibility.
In other cases, you might want to try mediation. If it doesn't work, you can always end up going to
lawyers. However, it's harder the other way around. Once the legal wheels have started turning, it becomes
difficult to back out and head to mediation.
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