How to prepare for Divorce

Steps To Prepare For Divorce

Obtain an email address which is secure and for which only you know the password. Why? Your spouse, especially if he or she is computer literate, can load key-stroke programs which are completely undetected on your computer
Open a new checking account and savings account in your name only and at a different branch
Prepare a list of debts, including account numbers and amounts
Five years of federal income tax returns, including W-2s and 1099 forms
Paystubs for the past three pay periods including your spouse’s paystubs if you have them
Health insurance and premium information, including the cost o insure any minor children
If you have residence, the closing documents if they are available; a copy of the Deed; a payoff on the mortgage note; and, if there is a second, a payoff on the second mortgage
A Certified Market Analysis (CMA) as to the value of the property
Your estimate of the value of the property and basis for that opinion
Whether you intend to sell property or keep the property
If you have other real estate holdings, provide the same information
Completed Inventory of Property and Debts form – supplied by attorney
Completed Affidavit of Financial Information form – supplied by attorney
Completed Uniform interrogatories form – supplied by attorney
Copies of the last six months of checking, savings and 401k statements
Copies of the last six months of credit card statements, including the month in which you filed or intend to file
Copies of all daycare expenses
Copies of all emails and text messages from your spouse to you from the time you discussed divorce
If you have already separated, provide the history of the parenting time the two of you have agreed to or have followed
If your spouse has a criminal record, including domestic violence charges, copies of his/her arrest and/or conviction and if you have criminal record copies of your arrest and/or conviction