Although it may be tempting to think you can save time—and money—handling an uncontested divorce without an attorney, there are many benefits to having legal support. Pursuing an uncontested divorce still requires filing legal paperwork with the New Jersey court system—and when it comes to your rights, you don’t know what you don’t know. People sometimes agree to very unfavorable conditions in an uncontested divorce agreement because they don’t realize that pursuing a divorce through other methods—arbitration, mediation, or negotiation—would likely lead to a different scenario. That doesn’t mean that people need to pursue arbitrated divorce to get the most favorable results. However, it does mean that it’s important to talk with a New Jersey family law attorney so that you know exactly what your rights would be if you negotiated some of the issues in your divorce—and so that you can use this information to reach a more fair uncontested divorce agreement.