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</html><description>Many people want to know if they can date during their divorce. You can date. There&#x2019;s certainly no law against dating during your divorce. However, that doesn&#x2019;t mean you should date. One reason why you should not date is that it may inspire your spouse to fight you harder than ever before. Divorce has a strong emotional element, and that element can impact how your divorce proceeds. Issues that may have been resolved quickly could suddenly become long, drawn out, protracted battles. This can happen even if your spouse is already dating. Even if perhaps your spouse may have initiated the divorce by leaving you for someone else. This does not mean that your spouse will be reasonable about you dating. In his or her own mind they&#x2019;re the injured party. They may feel like you&#x2019;re wronging them further by dating and may try to &#x201C;seek justice.&#x201D; Second, dating before your divorce is finalized could have an impact on custody proceedings. Focusing on a new sweetheart instead of your children does not look good to a judge, even if you take pains not to expose your children to the new love interest. Exposing your children to the new love interest is bad parenting. Your children are going through enough life change &#x2013; they...</description><thumbnail_url>https://bgs.com/wp-content/uploads/Divorce-150x38.png</thumbnail_url></oembed>
