The Guide to Low-Cost Divorce in Virginia

by Virginia L. Colin, Ph.D.  and Rebecca A. Martin, CPA

Divorce can be tough, scary, and expensive. You have to deal with emotional issues, financial issues, and legal issues. If you have children, you also have to address their needs.

The authors show you how to 
• set the stage for an inexpensive divorce, gather information, and avoid some pitfalls 
• get some free or nearly free legal advice about your specific legal questions 
• take good care of yourself as your life changes in big ways 
• make the family changes easier for your kids to handle 
• find free or low-cost, good-quality therapy for your kids if they need additional help 
• structure a solid co-parenting plan, and 
• work with a reluctant or argumentative spouse. 

If you want a road map to help you handle your divorce mostly as a do-it-yourself process, thereby saving huge amounts of money, then this guide is what you need.

You can find the book here.

We welcome feedback!

Even as we publish the first edition, we are thinking about improvements for the second edition. Please tell us, in comments below, what you found helpful and what additional information you needed. If you found an error in the book or some information that was no longer up-to-date, please let us know about that, too!

Neither of the authors is an attorney or a therapist. Advice is based on our own experience and training and some research. The book provides useful information about laws in Virginia, but nothing in it should be construed as legal advice.