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The turbulent stew of emotions involved in separation are normal. Everyone experiences these emotions, although we each process them in our own way. From a lawyer's perspective, the key problems that need to be sorted out in the midst of these distorted and confused feelings include:
The vast majority of people can resolve their issues through negotiation or mediation, no matter how angry they are with one another. When people simply cannot separate the emotional baggage of separation from the resolution of the legal issues that come at the end of their relationship, arbitration or litigation may be inevitable.
Litigation is sometimes necessary, even when people are capable of engaging in a less antagonistic dispute resolution process, including when:
However, when litigation is provoked by the emotions arising from the end of the relationship and isn't necessary to resolve an urgent issue, you can run into some serious and expensive problems you may not expect.:
*One or both people may adopt entrenched and unreasonable positions about things like parenting after separation or support. It's never good when people adopt positions out of spite or vindictiveness.