What should I do in the first weeks after separating?

What you get. Answer 5 short questions about your situation and get a personalised list drawn from 14 possible documents, each with a one-line reason it is on the list. The list can include: Write down the date you separated and how it was communicated; If you are afraid, contact police or a shelter first, and tell your lawyer; Ask a lawyer whether an urgent motion is available; Open an individual bank account for your own income; Review who has access to joint accounts and change passwords on personal ones; Ask your bank about freezing further borrowing on joint lines of credit; Copy or photograph financial documents while you still have easy access to them; If you are married and staying in a home you own together, know that both spouses have equal possession rights regardless of whose name is on title.