Legal Resource Guide

2012

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FAMILY LAW DIVORCE TIPS AND TRAPS FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE AND THE END RESULT IN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS BY GRETCHEN DRUMMIE is that you can't let your anger and emotion get the better of B 10 efore your divorce descends into a remake of The War of the Roses, there are some simple insider's tips to follow that should help split- ting couples avoid tumbling into a bottom- less money pit, say lawyers. "The most important thing to remember you, and you shouldn't treat your lawyer as a white knight foil because you're not going to gain anything by it at the end of the day," says Toronto family law lawyer Murray Maltz. "You need to realize the lawyer is not going to fix every problem that occurs and they don't need to know about every problem. You draw your lawyer into everything that occurs to your detriment … and to your cost."

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