Since both of their lawyers will view their job to be to win at any cost, neither will care where that leaves the other, or whether he or she will be able to manage at all. If the two of them sit down and attempt to address this problem sensibly and responsibly, their object will be very different. It will not be to solve the problem for one of them alone. It will be to solve the problem for both of them. Divorce Mediation Professionals was founded in the belief that there is only one rational choice here.
Divorce is difficult enough without making a game of it.
To be sure, there will be very painful feelings that one or both of the parties are experiencing that may make it difficult for them to sit down and attempt to deal with their problem responsibly. Nevertheless, common sense is enough to tell them that it is far better to keep those painful feelings in check rather than to give them expression, which is what will inevitably happen if they turn to adversarial divorce proceedings, and legal warfare. This is particularly true if they have children. It is always children who get caught in the middle of that tug of war - whose loyalties to one or both of their parents is necessarily called into question. Again, common sense tells you that your children should be sheltered from this.