How to Keep Your Shirt and Other Assets After Divorce

If you're male and you're in a divorce situation, you should memorize these tips to help you keep at least few things for you.

Protect documents. Establishes a safe house for your important files (papers and documents, including a friend's house or office of your divorce lawyer. Your spouse may be going through your desk, briefcase, car, phone records, accounts and the computer, looking for financial information and other evidence to use against you in divorce.

Divide the accounts.

Remove half of the funds in joint bank accounts in half and put it in your name.

You can remove everything that does not cause the anger of the judge. You handle accounts payable and the maintenance of your children. Let your spouse know it, but only after having divided the money. Something very important is that do not clean your bank account immediately.

Divide your. Divide your stocks, bonds or mutual funds with your wife. This is not an impossible feat, but it will just divide the funds so that the base is equal also imposed.

Credit cards. Notify banks on credit cards go to unsubscribe. Ask a letter to verify that you are no longer responsible. Ask the bank if you can open an account in your name only. Let your wife know. If you have already started spending jargon, reports the card as stolen.

Continued safe. It's probably a bad idea to put your wife in your insurance policy at least until the divorce is final. You are probably responsible for your medical bills until then anyway. Even if after the divorce, the spouse employee you wish you can maintain the other spouse and children covered. Unexpected medical expenses the child may be assessed against you for additional child support.

The same could happen with alimony and an ex-spouse. Federal law allows most women to stay in the insurance policy of her husband for six months after a divorce.

Reduce expenses. Two can live as cheaply as one, but not if they are separated and have to support two families. So now is the time to cancel everything that does not need, like extra phone lines or cable television. If personal property not want or need, sell them. However, public services cuts in your children and your mother, without giving them much attention.

Leave pension contributions. Pension funds acquired during the marriage can be divided by the divorce court. So fill out the paperwork for your employer to stop your contributions to your pension plan.

Inventory. List everyone in the house and the date of your list. Take photographs or videotapes if you wish. Includes furniture, fixtures, appliances, clothing and jewelry. Then you will know when something is missing.

Valuables. The store valuables such as collections, valuables such as jewelry collections, works of art, firearms, cash and relics in a safe place, preferably outside the house.

Insurance anything important or sentimental value in you case. You are not trying to hide things.

Safe. Establishes a safe home for your valuables, as well as an insurance policy that can help you. If you already have a safe and your wife has access to it, you have to remove the items and store them elsewhere.

Find a good divorce lawyer. Get referrals from friends and colleagues who have gone through a divorce and find a good family lawyer. Make an appointment immediately. Some divorce lawyers charge an initial consultation at which time you have to get good advice and strategy.

You should also evaluate the divorce lawyer to see if it is a good choice. During this meeting, the attorney will discuss with you the costs. However, any estimate of a divorce lawyer is the roughest of all attempts. The cost really depends on what you and your spouse are willing to pay. Do not sign anything for your wife, unless your lawyer tells you to.