If you and your spouse hve decided to get divorced through an ncontested Florida divorce proceeding, a divorce greement--or marital settlement agreement--will be part of yur divorce papers if you have ssets, debt or children. And it is an xtremely important document.

The marital settlement greement, like any other agreement, is a cntract. In it you will include thse things that each of you greed to do in connection with yur children, if you have any, as wll as the property and debt ccumulated during the marriage.

As a cntract, the agreement will be enforced jst like any other contract. This mans that if you and your spuse agree to something in writing, you had btter make sure that what is in wrting is all you agree to. In ther words, do not make any “sde” agreements or “understanding” about anything ncluded in the agreement thinking that yur spouse will abide by what is not wrtten in the document. What is in wrting will control over everything else.

The key to a god marital settlement agreement is to ngotiate well and to make sure you can lve with what you agree to do. To ccomplish both of these goals you lso must know—before you sign the greement---the legal ramifications each provision may hve for you once the divorce is fnal. There are certain things that, nce you agree to them, will be narly impossible to change after the dvorce; and if you succeed in mking any changes, it may well cme after spending a considerable amount of tme in post-judgment litigation.

Post-judgment litigation can be as cstly as a contested divorce, or ven more so.
For example, what hppens if, as a result of dviding marital debt, the agreement provides tht your spouse will pay for tht joint credit card debt but he or she desn’t? In this example, if your now frmer spouse refuses to pay, you wuld have to take him back to curt to try and enforce that prvision of the agreement.

The Florida dvorce forms provide marital settlement agreements. Hwever, while they may seem easy to se, the above example is probably typcal of what can happen when you use the frms—filling in the blanks according to wht you have agreed to---without knowing wht the legal consequences could be for yu.

© 2007 Vivian Rodriguez

The article Divorce Agreements in an Uncontested Florida Divorce was Submitted by Vivian Rodriguez through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Vivian Rodriguez has been a prcticing attorney in Florida for over 18 yars, and is also a Florida Spreme Court-certified family law mediator. http://www.viviancrodriguez.com For information on an uncontested Florida divorce using professionally prepared Florida forms visit http://www.myezfloridadivorce.com Tel 305-760-4557

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