Been there also, done that also. Yea, it hurt. Lonely, yes. But, you do definately get over it.
As far as the legal ramifications, that depends. If you let a lawyer get you into an asset consuming "War of the roses" it will be. Be smarter than that. Get a paralegal to work out the paperwork and negotiate the rest yourselves. Shark lawyers will do anything to keep you fighting, anything for money no matter who they hurt or how badly they hurt them.
Lawyers are the lowest scum there is. The only people lower than lawyers are the people that send out recorded telemarketing calls at 7:00 on a Sunday evening.