A short-term checklist

Getting divorced raises a lot of decisions beyond the legal process itself. To help you work through them, we’ve put together three checklists covering the short-term, practical questions you and your family need to think about:

• Divorce checklist — The practical decisions to work through before you start your application.
• Finances checklist — The questions to think about before you begin sorting out money and property.
• Children checklist — The questions to think about for arrangements involving your children.

Some of these you’ll agree on easily. Others won’t be so simple, and that’s completely normal. The point of each checklist isn’t to reach instant agreement — it’s to work out where you already see eye to eye and where you don’t, so you know exactly what you need help with, and when.