The Divorce Organizer and Planner

This one-of-a-kind workbook

streamlines the divorce

process

This completely unique guide helps anyone

—even someone enduring a not-so-easy

split—create a complete, accessible record of

absolutely everything needed to confidently

tackle, organize, and prepare for the legal,

emotional, and financial aspects of divorce.

Family attorney Brette McWhorter Sember’s

The Divorce Planner & Organizer includes:

• Suggestions for selecting an attorney and

  getting the most legal help for the dollar

• Tips on how to gather and organize

  information for easy access during

  legal proceedings

• Advice on required documentation for

  homes, cars, investments, bank accounts,

  debts, insurance, and household expenses

• A tracker to record alimony, child support

  payments, and children’s medical, educational,

  and athletic expenses

• A personal property inventory and wish

  list, a budget form, and fill-in contact

  information lists

Everything you need to take charge of your divorce and get what you deserve

Divorce is overwhelming enough without having to deal with the financial, personal, and legal paperwork. When you are organized, you feel more confident, and you are more likely to get what you want. The Divorce Organizer and Planner is your guide to managing your divorce and getting what you want—while keeping your legal expenses to a minimum. Written by a family attorney with years of experience helping people navigate the divorce process, this book empowers you with the knowledge and tools you need to take control of your divorce.

The Divorce Organizer and Planner arms you with dozens of worksheets, logs, checklists, and expert advice and explanations that will help you create a complete, accessible record of absolutely everything you'll need to confidently tackle the legal, emotional, and financial aspects of divorce.

You'll discover how to:

• Find and work with an attorney who's right for you
• Learn how to choose and work with a mediator
• Gather and organize important information on property, investments, accounts, debts, insurance, and household expenses
• Keep clear records of alimony, child support, and children's expenses
• Develop a personal property inventory, a budget, and a wish list for property division
• Decide what you want and what you need from the marital assets
• Successfully negotiate with your spouse and keep stress to a minimum
• Get the biggest bang for your legal buck

Providing everything you need to know to handle your divorce in a careful way, The Divorce Organizer and Planner will make a huge difference in the way you feel, the expenses you incur, and what you walk away with in the end.

Brette McWhorter Sember is a former matrimonial attorney and an experienced divorce and family mediator. A prolific self-help author specializing in making the law accessible to everyone, she has written fourteen books as well as numerous articles appearing in more than 140 publications, including Divorce magazine, and at MyCounsel.com and Lawyers.com.

Brette McWhorter Sember (Buffalo, NY)

is a former matrimonial attorney, an author,

and a trained and experienced divorce and

family mediator.

Brette McWhorter Sember (Buffalo, NY)

is a former matrimonial attorney, an author,

and a trained and experienced divorce and

family mediator.