Author: Esther Gehrman Sirotnik

Esther Gehrman Sirotnik

Esther Gehrman Sirotnik is Corporate Counsel for Avvo. Esther has previously held positions as corporate counsel in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a legal and business background unique to high-growth technology companies.

When it comes to “online divorce,” read the fine print

These days, the first place most Californians—along with everybody else—go when they’re considering divorce is the Internet. Swimming in a sea of unknowns, soon-to-be-exes are looking for answers and solutions to help them navigate the unavoidable emotional turmoil that comes with divorce.

If this is you, and you start with a simple search term like “uncontested divorce,” you are likely to get a mix of good and bad information, along with a slew of ads for various online divorce services. But as with many other promises in life, when a quick and easy option seems too good to be true, it probably is.