Family attorneys do everything they can to protect the rights of the clients they are representing. Your lawyer exhausts his or her resources as much as possible to win you the case as much as the opposing family attorney does. Focusing on the efforts of your legal representative alone gives you that reassuring feeling that perhaps it's all in the bag, and that the process will turn out accordingly to your best interests. But knowing that the other attorney exerts the same efforts as yours is somehow alarming. What needs to be done in a case such as this? Aside from the legal advice you may get from your lawyer, you may also take the initiative to do the following.

Do secure your money

Initially, relationships that are on the rocks encounter troubles dealing with finances. Joint accounts, especially, are most of the time messed up due to the combination of anger and disgust felt by persons involved. Either one maxes out a financial account accessible by both members or blocks it from being accessed by the other person. It is in this light that we carefully advise people, like you, to take pre-emptive measures before the worst happens. Make sure you won't be left hanging without a single cent. Everyone deserves his or her own fair share. Initiating such equality will make your family attorney proud.

Do continue to pay the bills

Despite dealing with emotionally draining circumstances, you have to stay focused and continue life as it was before. Neglecting your own life is a reflection of incapability of handling responsibilities. This may take a toll on your stand if you are fighting for child custody. Help your family attorney to build you up to the judge. On the other hand, if the separation is taking too long and that Child Support has already been arranged, give your part on time. In situations like this, you need to establish a positive reputation to the ones assessing the case. You need to prove your capabilities as a parent - a single parent, at that.

Don't write anything

Since family attorneys are not really dealing with a crime, they gather evidences not on the crime scene, but on the involved people's belongings. As much as you like to take notes of the things that are happening to you right now, don't do it. Everything you write, whether you wrote it for a relevant purpose, chances are it may be used against you. As much as possible, keep everything discreet and avoid yourself from getting tangled into relations that is up to no good to your position in the on-going case.

Don't make it hard for the children

Never make the children first-hand witnesses of how messed up the marriage has gotten. As much as possible, keep them away from getting involved in the actual fight, especially if they are too young to understand what's going on. They probably can't handle this kind of trauma and this may affect them negatively in the way they socialize and create relationships in the future.