Post divorce checklist

If you have been through a divorce or dissolution, there are usually a few administrative things you need to do to wrap up the whole process. Here is our post divorce checklist.

Review and update your Will. Although divorce ends all inheritance rights between spouses, it is important to make a new Will to set out clearly where you want your inheritance and family assets to go.

Review and update beneficiaries: Check insurance policies, pension plans, and wills to update beneficiary information.

Close joint bank accounts and open individual accounts.

Obtain copies of your sealed Final Order and any Financial settlement as you will need these to prove to various agencies that you are now divorced.

If you wish to change your name, you will need a copy of your Final Order and your marriage certificate. Don’t forget to inform HMRC, the Passport Office, DVLA and the NHS of any change of name and your new marital status.

Contact your local council to inform them of your new divorced status for council tax.

Have all the terms of any financial consent order been implemented? These include undertakings, assignments of policies and property transfers or sale.

Update your child’s school about the new family situation, and provide contact details.