Dr. Judith Gerhart, CFP
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst 
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Women and Divorce: Part 3
June 15, 2009
Hire a Lawyer Who’ll Work With You
This may seem like an obvious one, but women often go from letting a man at home dictate their lives to letting a lawyer do the same, says Rubin. “You need to educate yourself about your rights, so you can direct the lawyer. The lawyer is going to walk away, he’ll be paid and you’ll never see him again. Meanwhile, you have to live with his decisions forever.”
It’s better to fire a lawyer you feel uncomfortable with sooner rather than later, says Rubin, because after a while, he or she will be too entrenched in your case. “If you are always being forced into a corner and constantly giving in to the other side, that is a bad sign.”
By: KIRI BLAKELEY
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