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I recently saw a web-site for a NJ lawyer that advertised how the firm had recently won a $6M divorce settlement for a client.  To me such a statement sends the wrong message. Firstly, it misleads potential clients into thinking they can "win" $6M. 

However, a divorce is not like a personal injury law suit where you can "win" anything.  All you can do is obtain is a fair share of the marital assets, something which you are entitled to by law as a matter of right, not anything that you "win".  If there is not $6M worth of assets, you cannot "win" them from nowhere.

Secondly, there are no winners in a divorce. Whatever money is obtained by way of a financial settlement does not replace the lost hopes and dreams upon which a marriage was founded.

Thinking of divorce in terms of winners and losers is the wrong approach for New Jersey family lawyers to follow.