3 Things To Make Your Divorce Easier

If you are getting ready to get divorced, you want to do everything you can to make sure that you come out of it as well as you possibly can. A good attorney can help you with that, and you can help them help you. So, what are some of the things that you should do?

List Your Assets

One thing that you should do is make a list of all your assets. Not just what they are, but also a good description of them. If they are things like bank accounts, stocks, or IRAs, then you should also make sure that you write down the balance as of that day, as well as the number of stocks, bonds, and so forth. You should also make sure that you specify anything that predated your marriage and that you brought into it. Depending on your state, those assets may be safe in your divorce, especially if you can definitively prove that you had them before you got married. 

Separate Finances

While you are getting ready for a divorce, you want to make sure that you start separating out your finances as much as possible. That can mean closing out shared bank accounts as well as moving any bank accounts that you personally own. You can close them out of the bank that you have been using and then open accounts up at another account. You want to make sure that your soon to be ex-spouse doesn't have any access to your bank accounts, so when you are opening them, make sure the bank is aware of the situation. You may also want to have any information about the bank account sent to a different address. You can sign up for a mailbox at the post office, a mailbox center, or you may be able to have your attorney receive the information for you. 

Wants/Needs

You are going to be splitting things up with your spouse, so you want to write a list of the things that you aren't willing to negotiate on because you must have them, as well as things that you are willing to give on. Then you can also create a list of things that you just don't really care about so that you can have some negotiation room. 

Getting a divorce is often a difficult time. You want to do what you can to make it easier on yourself by contacting a divorce lawyer


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