- Build or clean up your credit history
- Update your job skills or develop new ones if you have been a stay-at-home parent or full-time homemaker and also consider taking a part-time job
- Refresh your knowledge of money matters and personal finances
- Create a written inventory of your family’s assets and debts
- Locate all ownership documentation and other important paperwork such as tax returns and account statements
- Begin planning for the cost of your divorce; the more you and your spouse agree on, the less you will have to spend on legal fees and court costs
- Budget your post-divorce financial needs
Getting Financially Prepared for Divorce
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