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There is nothing fun about a divorce as you all may know. However, if you are going to divorce someone, you may as well win right? Reading this article will teach you how to win a divorce.

1. File for a fault divorce. If you want to win a divorce at all, you have to start by filing a fault divorce. Thirty-five states allow a spouse to select either a no fault or a fault divorce.

However, if you expect a divorce to get down and dirty as most of them usually are you should file for a fault divorce. In some states, a spouse who proves the other at fault may receive a greater share of property or more money in alimony.

The most common grounds for fault divorce are cruelty, adultery, desertion, physical inability to have sex (if not disclosed before marriage) and/or imprisonment.

2. Keep your faults to a minimum. If you have plans on filing for a divorce or are in the middle of the process it is very important to keep faults to a minimum. Commonly, 70 percent of divorces are very bitter either because there is so much at stake or the two spouses don’t like each other.

If this sounds like your divorce and then it is recommended that you basically walk on eggshells because if you do anything that you can be held on in court such as adultery your chances of winning the divorce (alimony or property) go way down.

One way to keep your faults to a minimum is to separate yourself from your spouse until the divorce is final, and make sure you are living on your own and remember that you are still married.

3. Protect your assets with a premarital agreement. If you are very rich and have a lot of premarital property and money, you should definitely protect your property in the event of a divorce. Sometimes, drafting a premarital agreement can protect all or some of the property you brought into the marriage.

One reason you may want to draft a premarital agreement is because you might get into a bitter divorce with your spouse and if your property comes up after 15 years of marriage, some or all of your property and/or assets will be protected.

If you need help with or think you need to have a premarital agreement drafted, you need to talk this over with your family lawyer.