Jul 7, 2025
Your Ultimate Divorce Checklist (2025 Edition)
Why This Checklist Matters
Divorce is overwhelming. Between legal decisions, financial paperwork, and parenting shifts, it's easy to miss something crucial. This step-by-step divorce checklist gives you clarity at every phase — and with the AI Family Law/Divorce Advisor, you'll get personalized guidance based on your situation. Download it, share it, and breathe easier knowing you're prepared.
Pre-Divorce Preparation
Before anything is filed, get your ducks in a row.
Inventory all financial accounts
List every bank, credit, investment, and retirement account — joint and individual.Gather key financial documents
Tax returns (past 3 years), pay stubs, mortgage statements, credit reports, loan documents.Start a budget for your post-divorce life
Estimate future income, living costs, and potential child/spousal support needs.Secure copies of marriage-related legal documents
Prenups, postnups, wills, trusts, insurance policies.Identify all property and assets
Real estate, vehicles, valuables, digital assets, and business interests.Assess your credit score and build individual credit
Important for future financial independence.Decide on your preferred legal route
Mediation, collaborative divorce, traditional attorney, or use of the AI tool.
During Divorce: What to Review & Decide
Once proceedings begin, stay focused with these key action items.
File or respond to divorce petition
Make sure deadlines are met and paperwork is accurate.Outline custody and parenting priorities
Think through schedules, holidays, communication, decision-making rights.Draft a proposed parenting plan
This helps during mediation or court proceedings.Split assets and debts clearly
Decide what's joint versus separate and how to divide them fairly.Update estate documents
Change beneficiaries, rewrite your will, and adjust powers of attorney.Create a temporary support and custody arrangement
For smoother day-to-day life during the process.Use the AI Family Law/Divorce Advisor to track decisions
Log your preferences, get document prompts, and prep for next steps.
Post-Divorce Follow-Ups
Once the divorce is finalized, don’t drop the ball.
Implement the divorce decree
Transfer assets, follow custody plans, initiate support payments.Notify employers, banks, and schools
Update records with your new legal status.Retitle property and close joint accounts
Avoid future liability or confusion.Review health insurance and benefits
Get your plan or revise existing ones.Consider therapy or coaching
Transitioning emotionally is just as crucial as legally.Revisit your long-term financial goals
Retirement, savings, and education plans might need new direction.
Bonus: Download or Try It Instantly
Want this in a printable, fillable format? [Download the Divorce Checklist PDF here]. Or better yet, let the AI Family Law/Divorce Advisor walk you through each step — it adapts the checklist to your situation and keeps you organized, calm, and in control.
👉 Try it now — no overwhelm, just clarity.