I cannot believe the article I read the other day. Boy, did this couple need Divorce Mediation!

A man in Berlin who was a trained mason, was getting divorced. While going through the divorce process, he took a chainsaw, cut the house he owned with his wife exactly in half (he measured it!), and drove away with his half in a forklift truck.

You can read the full article here.

Now, even though the divorce laws in most areas support that whatever the parties got during the marriage should be divided equally, this guy’s wife didn’t appreciate the metaphor.

All kidding aside, this really isn’t that far off from what I’ve seen in my 25 years in the divorce business. Yes, people really do misbehave during the divorce process! They’re in divorce court, which is the adversarial system, for goodness sake!

Okay, I’ll admit that reading an article like this is hilarious. But can you imagine, when things are that bitter, the effects of divorce on children?

It takes a lot of maturity to do a divorce right. Learn all that you can about alternative dispute resolution, especially divorce mediation. Then, find a divorce lawyer who supports it, and you will be on the road to a peaceful divorce.

Now, don’t you think that’s a better idea than solving your divorce problems with power tools?