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The Divorce Roller-Coaster: An Infographic of Options

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There are four tracks you can choose from to get divorced in Massachusetts: Direct Settlement Negotiation, Litigation, Mediation, or Collaborative Divorce. We created the following infographic to help you visualize the different tracks you can choose from, and how you might end up moving from one track to the other (as well as some of the important waypoints along the way):



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  1. UnknownSeptember 18, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Hello! Keep it up! You have such a wonderful and informative page. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with this issue. I'll be looking forward to be visiting this site again and for your other posts as well to keep updated.
    This list is by no means dispositive of the potential issues that come through the family court system. In many jurisdictions in the United States, the family courts see the most crowded dockets. Litigants representative of all social and economic classes are parties within the system.
    If stress is involved in the decision-making process, making your decision in an objective, practical manner will be difficult. Because divorce is one of the most stressful experiences a person can go through, it invariably has a negative impact on decision-making. At Reade & Reade, we understand that as a family law firm it is a critical part of our job to help our clients make sound, informed decisions as they go through divorce and related family law issues.
    Family Law Attorney Peabody MA

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  2. Rhys@Blandy and BlandySeptember 27, 2012 at 10:07 AM

    Thats really impressive work there. The infographic shows how creativity can be used to potray some serious problems. Thanks for sharing will surely be re-ditributing the infographic.

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