{"id":438,"date":"2026-08-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/elementor\/?p=438"},"modified":"2026-08-10T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:00:00","slug":"settling-divorce-by-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/settling-divorce-by-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Settling a divorce by agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"438\" class=\"elementor elementor-438\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-8eb2ac0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8eb2ac0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd9996f elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"cd9996f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Not every divorce has to end up in a long court battle. When both spouses can agree on how to divide assets, who the children will live with and what maintenance will be paid, the divorce can usually proceed as uncontested. A signed settlement agreement is then made an order of court, which saves time, legal costs and stress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21fc676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"21fc676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-two-south-african-professionals-a-woman-and-a-man-ac107-800x475.jpg\" class=\"attachment-800x475 size-800x475\" alt=\"Two South African professionals, a woman and a man, sitting across a table in a bright office discussing papers, for div\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceb8d43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"ceb8d43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Reaching that agreement is not always easy, and it helps to have each spouse properly advised. We explain how your marriage regime, such as in community of property or with accrual, affects the division of assets. Where children are involved, a parenting plan sets out care and contact arrangements so everyone knows what to expect.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An uncontested divorce with a signed settlement agreement is usually quicker, cheaper and kinder for children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[75,74],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-and-estates","tag-divorce","tag-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35569,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/35569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}