Divorce Decisions
You face many tough decisions when negotiating a divorce agreement. In most cases, the basic questions you need to ask yourself boil down to the following:
- Where will you both, and your children, all live afterwards?
- Who will the children live with or will you share their day-to-day care?
- If you agree on the children living primarily with one of you, how will they keep in contact with their other parent?
- Will you use a parenting plan? If so, what will it include?
- Which one of you will pay child support?
- How much will the child support be?
- Will the child support include items such as spending money, any private healthcare for your children, school tuition, and other child support ‘extras’, such as coaching or music lessons?
- How long will the child support last?
- Will maintenance (spousal support) be paid? If so, to whom and how much?
- How long will the maintenance payments last?
- What are your assets?
- What are your debts?
- How will you divide your assets (for instance, your home, cars, pensions) and how will you share out the paying off of your debts?