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Almost every person who signs their judgment of divorce has the same feeling of relief: Phew. The case is finally over. I can move on.

In many ways, this feeling represents something real. Getting divorced is stressful and difficult when the couple gets along relatively well, to say nothing of high-conflict cases that may have had significant motion practice, difficult mediations, or even gone through trial or binding arbitration. But for a divorcing couple with children, the pre-judgment period is just the first phase. Along with the judgment comes an entirely new set of problems to ...