The average cost of an uncontested divorce is $1,845, but a contested divorce can cost anywhere from $6,145 to $87,974, with the average being $13,638, according to Canadian Lawyers 2015 legal fees survey. But this doesnt factor in moving fees, new living expenses, the division of your assets and debts, and possibly child and spousal support.
No surprise then that to reduce money stress, nearly one quarter of divorced or separated millennials and Gen-Xers delayed their divorce because of unexpected costs, a recent TD survey found.
I have a friend who is in for $280,000 (in legal fees), said Dean Bergsma, an Edmonton-based divorce mediator. Its been going on for four or five years and its a complex case But divorce does not have to b…
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