How Does The Alabama Divorce Court Deal With Whirlwind Romances?

If you are a Millennial Alabama girl, scrolling through social media as the sun beats down on the bleachers from which you are ostensibly watching your child’s soccer practice, you can bet that your social media feeds will find content to cement your belief that the best days of your life have passed you by. For example, did you know that Emily Osment, whom you watched on Hannah Montana when you both were teens, is getting divorced. What is even more depressing is that Osment was only married to her husband Jack Anthony for five months. It is as if her shot at love was over before it even began. Even when the couple was married for less than a year, the process of legally dissolving the marriage is, in theory, the same as dissolving a marriage that lasted for decades. Annulments are only for marriages that were not legally valid; to undo a brief but genuine marriage requires a divorce. Not all short-term marriages are alike, so the divorces that dissolve them can follow several different patterns. If you only recently got married, but you and your new spouse have decided to divorce, contact a Birmingham divorce lawyer.

The “Not the Marrying Type” Divorce

Some marriages end quickly because one or both parties were ambivalent about marriage from the beginning. If they signed a prenuptial agreement, knowing that they already had cold feet about merging their finances, then the divorce usually becomes final quickly. This is what happened with Emily Osment and Jack Anthony’s divorce. If not, then they still might be able to get an uncontested divorce, if they can agree on who keeps which assets. Since the marriage lasted less than a year, the parties probably have more separate assets than marital assets.

The “Romeo and Juliet” Divorce

The marriage rate for people under 30 is at an all time low. Most young people hesitate to get married because they feel financially unprepared for marriage. Despite this, some young couples, motivated by moral values or intense emotions, would strongly prefer to be a married couple rather than an unmarried one. If these marriages end in divorce, then no matter how acrimonious the couple’s relationship is by the time they file for divorce, it is often possible for them to get an uncontested divorce. This is because the parties own little marital property; most people in such divorce cases also do not own much separate property.

The Divorce Disproportionate to the Marriage

It doesn’t happen very often, but sometimes a brief marriage ends in an epic divorce battle, where the parties spend more time in divorce court than they spent as a married couple. This usually happens when they merged their finances quickly, and at least one of them is wealthy.

Contact Peeples Law About Divorce After a Brief Marriage

A Birmingham family law attorney can help you if you are getting a divorce after less than a year of marriage.  Contact Peeples Law in Birmingham, Alabama today to schedule a consultation.

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