Start here: four questions, then a reading order
There are more than six hundred pages here, which is useful once you know what you are looking for and overwhelming before that. Answer four questions and we will give you a reading order — the handful of pages that apply to you, in the order they will make sense. Nothing is stored and nothing is sent anywhere.
When people ask what they can do
If people keep asking what they can do, there is now something to hand them. The two-household list is the answer you can send them — the second of everything, and the half of it that costs nothing. Some people call it a divorce registry.
Where are you in this?
There is no wrong answer, including not knowing.
Are there children under 18?
This changes more than anything else does.
How is it going between you?
Be honest. This decides whether you need a lawyer.
What is the biggest thing to divide?
Pick more than one if that is the truth.
Or go straight to it
- Your state’s kit — forms, fee and deadlines
- Every page on the site
- The glossary — if a word has been used at you
- Why this site exists and how it makes money
Sources last checked31 August 2026
Page published31 August 2026
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