Your Divorce Team: Who to Engage & When

Tamara Frankfort Odinec
Tamara Frankfort OdinecEstimated reading time: 10 min
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Your Divorce Team: Who to Engage & When

When it comes to divorce, you don’t have to go through it alone. 

Along with the experts and community here at My Next Chapter, consider engaging with the following professionals:

Need to have

Nice to have

Situation specific

  • Divorce attorney 
  • Financial adviser or CDFA®
  • Mental-health professional
  • Real-estate agent (divorce specialist)
  • Tax professional
  • Estate-planning attorney
  • Mediator
  • Co-parenting expert
  • Forensic accountant
  • Private investigator
  • Dating coach
  • Personal stylist

Need to have

These are your essential players — or perhaps we should say player. Yep, there's just one person you 100 percent need to have on your team: your divorce attorney.

Divorce attorney

Your attorney will provide you with legal advice, negotiate on your behalf, and represent you should your divorce case go to court. Even if you and your spouse are amicable and go the DIY Divorce route, you’ll still want to hire an attorney, if only to review the terms of your divorce. 

For guidance on hiring a lawyer, check out our video, What You Need To Know Before Hiring A Lawyer.

Nice to have

These are your second lineup of players. They’re helpful to have on your side when you’re in the thick of it, but they’re not always necessary....

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