Why do spurned spouses often refuse to cooperate in their own divorce proceedings?

Why do spurned spouses often refuse to participate in certain aspects of their own divorce proceedings despite the headache it creates for all parties involved?

Spurned spouses sometimes refuse to participate in certain aspects of divorce proceedings despite the headache it creates for all parties involved because of some of all of the following:

– some or all of 6 of the 7 stages of grief:

• disbelief and shock
• denial
• guilt and pain
• bargaining
• anger
• depression

– fear

– apathy

– confusion/paralysis

– embarrassment/humiliation/betrayal

– vengeance/retaliation

– greed

– self-loathing

– emotional and/or psychological pathology, mental illness

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March 31, 2022Tags: anger, betrayal, cooperation, divorce, emotions, grief, participate, participation, spurned, spurned spouse, uncooperative