These modalities include alimony, child support, division of marital assets etc. They move the courts in such a manner that all decisions are pre decided and the law courts have to merely give their stamp of approval to the formal divorce.

As opposed to collaborative divorce, is the contested version of the same. In this the two partners are unable to agree with each other on the various aspects related to divorce proceedings and their aftermath.

So, they have to fight it out in the law courts and all issues are open to public scrutiny. Friends and relatives are forced to come to the courts and take sides between the warring partners. It becomes a messy affair.

A contested divorce can leave a very bitter taste as far as the divorcing couple is concerned. It can bring to the fore, moments which may have been very private, very personal to either one or both the partners, in the public eye.

This can not only cause severely embarrassing situations for the two but may make their divorce so bitter, that the very mention of each other’s names might prove to be an anathema for them. It can give a pain which may last an entire lifetime.

Thus it is of utmost importance that divorce laws should be made still more simplified. It should not leave one battling pain and humiliation, once it is all over. The dignity and regard that people once had for their estranged partners must remain intact.

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