Last week, as a guest on Dr. Drew Midday Live radio show, I was
asked to comment about the phenomena that many divorce lawyers
already know about. That is, the increase in divorces in
January. Unfortunately, after the holidays and with the start
of a new year, some people who may have been contemplating divorce
decide to finally move forward. While this is often a mutual
decision between couples, sometimes the filing of a divorce comes
as a complete and utter shock to the non-filing party.
Being blindsided by a spouse's decision to divorce can leave
one emotionally devastated and paralyzed with fear. Dreams of
raising children together or retirement years traveling to exotic
places are replaced with nightmares of a future of being alone and
struggling to make ends meet.
