Preparing a Written Narrative

• Some attorneys will ask their clients to write a narrative statement about the marriage and divorce. Such a statement might include descriptions of:
• significant events in the marriage,
• reasons for the divorce,
• child-raising responsibilities,
• contributions each party made to the marriage (financial, homemaking, or both),
• good qualities and bad qualities about each party,
• your short-term and long-term goals and reasons for them; and
• your perceptions of your spouse’s short-term and long terms goals and the reasons for them.

A written narrative may help both you and your attorney understand the issues better, and may be a cathartic proces