What Is the Cost To Business Due to Divorce?

What Is the Cost To Business Due to Divorce?

According to the “must-see” documentary Divorce Corp, divorce is a $50 billion dollar per year industry with no sign of slowing down. Studying this shocking expose of the inner workings of how divorce is truly a business, shines a light on the appalling waste and shameless collusive practices seen daily in family courts.

And divorce can be a devastating experience personally. Not knowing whom to confide in, what professionals they may need to get advice and counsel from and losing friends and family when sides are taken can affect their self-confidence, self-worth and resiliency.

The average cost of a litigated divorce in the US ranges between $25,000-55,000 with some in the $100,000’s. The cost can bankrupt families drowning in credit card debt and begging for loans from families.

There are many things to consider when you think about how much hiring an employee costs:

  • Salary
  • Benefits
  • Taxes
  • Insurance

The majority of businesses provide private health insurance to their employees.

Health insurance, in fact, is the most expensive of all benefits.

Many of these benefits are widely used during extended times of added stress during times of changes in the family: illness, death, moving and divorce.

Depending on what the job responsibilities of an employee entail, absences could greatly impact their work.

It could lead them to neglect their tasks and could also affect other employees’ jobs thus costing the company of potential profits and advancement.

We also need to consider other aspects such as the costs of distractions and mistakes.

They could be present in the body but not in the mind.

Each stage of the divorce process involves contemplation, organization, research, planning, budgeting, strategizing, communicating as well and making life-changing decisions.

The grim facts

The U.S. family court system and the practices of its extended family of professionals are an authoritarian culture that historically pins spouses against each other during the divorce process.

When partners are now seen as adversaries in the eyes of the courts it is no wonder the emotions run high and costs escalate.

The cost of divorce is enormous due to the innate adversarial nature of the court system, the lack of less expensive alternative dispute resolution(mediation) education and the impact it has on the productivity and morale of its victims.

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I won the lottery in divorce.

I am the .001%

97% of divorce does not go to trial  and of the 3% that do go to trial only 1% of that 3% goes to the appellate court!

Well, that was ME.

I personally endured an 8.5 year fully litigated case that included a 12 day trial that took place over 9 months and after all that living hell…(please excuse my french)

there was a FOUR year state supreme appellate court process.

It cost a TON of money, years of my life tied up in court and it nearly destroyed me and my family.

the funny thing during this time I could barely help myself but time and time again other’s reached out to ME for help..

I called my attorney Marty (gutta remember I was born in Boston)

and told him what happening.

I asked him if I should go to law school…
he smiled and said you know Paulette you think like a judge act like a lawyer and feel like a therapist you owe it to give back and help people you my dear have experienced what 99% of people never will… that experience gives you the depth and the breath of the entire divorce process

Full Circle

my personal experience gave me the awareness, skills and strength to help countless others facing mediation, divorce, antagonistic litigation and ever-changing family dynamics.

It drove me to do a tremendous amount of education, training, internship, mentoring and certification and create Better Divorce Academy, author the #1 best selling book, workbook, and the 8-module self-paced course: Better Divorce Blueprint and host The Better Divorce Podcast.

With my team of experts, we blend private mediation with Certified Divorce Coaching to help you stay in control, make wise decisions, and maintain your dignity.

I’m here to transform divorce and create an optimal experience for YOU.

The one I didn’t have 😟

but you can.