How to Get a Divorce

Video Transcript

"Your marriage is over, and you're thinking about getting a divorce. Hi, I'm Robert Todd, and I'm here to assist you in answering the question, how do I get a divorce? Well, you've made the decision to get a divorce, and now there are several avenues available to you. One is litigation which you can do with or without attorneys, but basically, in litigation, you're going to present the issues of the marriage to a judge for determination. Another much more popular means of getting a divorce, at this time, is mediation. In mediation, again, you may be represented by an attorney, and your spouse may be represented by an attorney or you may be unrepresented. But, in mediation, you hire a neutral third party to assist you and your spouse, to go over the issues that would otherwise be presented to a judge and decide for yourselves how you're going to determine those issues, and then when you reach the mediation agreement, you submit it to the judge for approval. And the third most recently developing means is collaboration. Now, in collaboration you hire attorneys, and the agreement is that the attorneys will help you reach an agreement before you get to trial, or they will discharge themselves from the case, and you will start over. As you can see, there are several different ways to obtain a divorce. I'm Robert Todd, and thank you for watching."