<prompt> Human: Wife wants a divorce, she no longer feels attracted. Tried to convince her to go to counseling with me, she refuses. Im 27, have worked various jobs so dont make much, some college experience. Some bills are in my name, some are in hers. I will be filing an assumption of liability with Verizon to keep my phone number, and terminating my Comcast service. Their early termination fees are gonna eat me alive. I owe about 6k on my car, no other debts, no credit card, but my credit score is around 670. This all happened this afternoon, but as of now my rudimentary plan is to pack up and move cross country back with my parents. I guess the biggest question is, will legally separating save me money? She is active duty military so the Jag office will take care of her, but Im sure I need a lawyer as well right? And if so, what is the average cost of a decent attorney that can handle this?Edit: thank you for the advice and positive wishes. Im in a tough spot right now, as I did not expect this. Always thought we could work through our troubles. But whatever. If she wants to be by herself working a stressful job with senior airman pay and 20k of debt shes welcome to it.  <response>: I divorce people for a living. First, not all states have legal separations - youre either married or divorced. And when I was in, JAG didnt do divorces. However, if you guys dont have many assets or much real estate andor you are able to come to an agreement on your own regarding property real and personal and debt, an attorney doing a simple, no fault divorce in Pennsylvania with Postnuptial Agreement would probably quote you a 1500 retainer. Depending upon whether both parties keep to the agreement and not make a lot of changes because an attorneys fee is based on time, that retainer should cover it. However, there are issues of jurisdiction, if you are considering moving out of state. 