Use this resource to locate a lawyer in your area.

Source: American Bar Association

This resource provides legal and practical information related to divorce, including a step-by-step guide to the divorce process, property division considerations, and tips on spousal support.

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Most people have no idea where to start searching for their important records. They usually keep them scattered in various locations - tax records in a file cabinet, savings bonds in a home safe, wills at an attorney's office, some contracts or deeds in a bank safe deposit box.

There's a reason many people do not have an organized record keeping system: It's because getting records organized is a stressful, confusing chore.

This simple recordkeeping system provides an easy way to keep track of your important personal (not business) records, keeping them organized and available.

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Monitor and review your credit report. You may request your free credit report online, by phone or through the mail. Free credit reports requested online are viewable immediately upon authentication of identity. Free credit reports requested by phone or mail will be processed within 15 days of receiving your request.

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When parents cannot agree on a custody arrangement, the court is left with a tough decision. The court will consider many factors when deciding to whom to award custody. In many cases, a consideration of the various factors results in an award of custody to the parent who has been the child's primary caretaker.

The following checklist can help you and your attorney establish who has been the primary caretaker in your family.

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This addresses the most common questions that people have pertaining to the process of divorce.

Source: Association of Divorce Financial Planners, Inc.

The Family Law Quarterly publishes these charts in conjunction with the annual "Family Law in the Fifty States Case Digests." The charts summarize basic laws in each state by topic, including custody, alimony and grounds for divorce.

Source: American Bar Association

This publication explains tax rules that apply if you are divorced or separated from your spouse. It covers general filing information and can help you choose your filing status. It also can help you decide which exemptions you are entitled to claim, including exemptions for dependents.

The publication also discusses payments and transfers of property that often occur as a result of divorce and how you must treat them on your tax return. Examples include alimony, child support, other court-ordered payments, property settlements, and transfers of individual retirement arrangements. In addition, this publication also explains deductions allowed for some of the costs of obtaining a divorce and how to handle tax withholding and estimated tax payments.

The last part of the publication explains special rules that may apply to persons who live in community property states.

Source: Internal Revenue Service

When dividing marital property, it's easy to get caught up in who gets the big stuff - the cars, the house, the boat. In actuality, all of your marital property must be divided, and in the heat of a disputed divorce it may be easy for some important details to fall through the cracks. The following checklist can help you keep your bearings so that you and your attorney can work together to formulate a property settlement that is in your best interests.

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Parents can reach a custody or parenting agreement out-of-court - usually with help from lawyers, counselors, or mediators - through informal negotiation or alternative dispute resolution tools like mediation (typically as part of an overall divorce settlement).

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If you are unable to resolve a custody dispute out-of-court, custody and visitation will be determined in court by a family court judge (usually as part of the divorce process). If you would like to know more about what to expect in the divorce process, click the Continue button to learn about divorce proceedings in family court.

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