Divorce is never pretty, but it can be even uglier—and prolonged—when significant assets are at stake.
The average time to get a divorce is a year, according to a 2019 study by Martindale-Nolo Research. But 13% of respondents had to wait over two years before their divorce was final, the report found. And that’s conservative by some estimates. Some advisors say they have seen divorces drag on for five to eight years or more when assets are particularly complex or couples can’t agree on child custody or other particulars.
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