Divorce is a unique type of watershed moment. Your life might easily be divided into what came before and what came after. Compared to other legal proceedings, divorce is a much more deeply personal experience: it addresses the most fundamental and daily issues of the parties’ lives. With such highly personal issues at issue, it is natural for parties to be concerned about their privacy going through this process.

One major advantage to a DIYvorce is that you and your spouse are dissolving your marriage without court motions and a final hearing in which you, your spouse, and other witnesses would have to testify about personal issues ranging from your financial status to your parenting abilities. Through DIYvorce, you and your spouse can finish your divorce case before any of that evidence is introduced into the public record. Divorce court, like most other proceedings, are public record. This means that anyone has the right to look at the pleadings on file, as well as attend the hearings. There are some circumstances in which this can be limited or prevented while still being in court, but they are not typical. Getting a DIYvorce means that highly personal financial disclosures, damaging testimony, or other deeply personal facts never need enter the public record.

One of simplest ways to keep your divorce private is to talk about it as little as possible. There is a strong temptation to discuss the details and vent your frustrations on social media, but you’ll help keep your details private if you keep yourself from posting about it.

 

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