Divorce is a complicated topic. From a legal standpoint, divorce is the legal process by which a marriage is dissolved and any property accumulated during the marriage is divided up between the parties. From a human and emotional standpoint, it is often heart-breaking, devastating; infuriating; stressful; and just plain tough. Tough for you, your spouse, and for any children that may be involved. However, it is not always this way.

How a divorce goes really depends on the couple; their circumstances; and how well the couple manages to get along despite having decided to go their separate ways. This combined with property and how the parties wish to divide it all creates many possible scenarios and thus, every divorce is unique. No two are quite the same.

That being said, divorce can be divided into two main generic categories: uncontested and contested.