It is not advised to leave the matrimonial house unless doing so would harm your or your children’s safety and wellbeing. Leaving the marital home may have an impact on your ability to own the property or win custody of your children. If the relationship has children and you move out, you may be forming a new status in terms of parenting arrangements and schedule. This may have an impact on the Final plan imposed by the court.

Take the following measures before informing your spouse or partner that you want to split or divorce:

• Put in place assistance measures.
• Prepare financial disclosure papers
• Make sure you have a copy of your original marriage certificate.
• To maintain your privacy, change the passwords and pin numbers on all of your banking and social media accounts, as well as your email in general.
• Consult a lawyer at Taman Singh Law if you want to change the beneficiary of your will.
• Also, make sure your Power of Attorney is up to date.
• Consult your insurance company about altering the beneficiaries on any life insurance plans you may have.

If you decide to write your own separation agreement, it is important that both parties get independent legal advice from a lawyer from Taman Singh Law and share complete and honest financial disclosure before signing. In the absence of full disclosure or independent legal counsel, a court may subsequently rule out the agreement on the application of either spouse.

If you and your spouse separate, you may be required to pay spousal or child support. When a couple decides to separate, the spouse with the higher income or assets may be required to pay spousal support to the other spouse. The amount of spousal support payable will be decided by each party’s income and quality of living before separation.