No one gets married planning on getting divorced. The cold hard ugly truth is that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Probably one of the most grueling parts of getting a divorce is finding an attorney that will listen to you and then seeing their fees.

If you and your spouse can both agree on wanting a divorce and wanting to do it without involving attorneys, you can file for divorce yourself and only pay filing fees.

While not having to pay an attorney is a good thing, there are still things that must be considered when looking at trying to file yourself. Remember that there is no one advocating for you in your divorce, you have to do it yourself and you and your spouse must agree.

This agreement needs be on all issues pertaining to the divorce. This includes division of assets, what will be sold, what will be kept, who is responsible for what and so on.

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Filing yourself means that you also have to trust your soon to be ex-spouse to disclose everything as far as assets and income go. Likewise you have to be willing to do the same.

The assets that you and your spouse share need to be relatively simple so that division is easy. If there are children involved in the marriage, you and your spouse must make sure that the children are adequately taken care of as far as custody, visitation and child support.

Finally, both you and your spouse must agree that the settlement is “fair and reasonable.”

If you can do those things then you may want to consider filing the divorce yourself. There are certain forms that you will need and each state has its own requirements as to how you are to go about filing and deadlines that need to be met.

The forms that you will need can be purchased online in a divorce packet and in some cases, the county court in the area where you live may even provide free online forms.

For more on how to effectively represent yourself in your divorce, we suggest you look into Matt O'Connell's best selling guide, "No BS Divorce Strategies for Men."

Inside you'll find sections on how to represent yourself in court, the correct forms to fill out, how to get your spouse into court, how to prepare for your day in court.

You'll also learn; what to do on your day in court, how to present your case, the common mistakes men make in court, what to do after your day in court, and what you can do if you don't like the judges ruling.

You can check out Matt's guide here, No BS Divorce Strategies for Men

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