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I don't think a lawyer is needed right out of the gate. The big thing is to separate your finances. Be very, very clear about what is yours, what is his, and how you think you ought to divvy up/handle responsibility for the joint assets. This may be unbalanced at first but needs to be done. I made less than the ex when we were married, but when we separated I was responsibility for 50% of our debt load (i.e. house, insurance, loans, joint credit cards, bank overdrafts etc etc). This meant that I had to pay out more each month than I made. In order to eat I was cashing in my life insurance, my retirement savings, you name it. But we had agreed to do it that way, and I kept my end of the bargain.
We eventually divorced without lawyers, just a mediator who got paid a couple of hundred dollars. Saved a bundle. Look into a mediator. Say you want to be civil and not poison what you used to have. Give each other that chance.
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