A Divorce Checklist?
When we first started this site years ago and started providing divorce advice just for men, we actually went with a shotgun approach. Throwing out tips left and right with no real order to them. On any given day one of us would write about how to choose the right divorce attorney, and the next day we would throw in something about alimony, child custody, even information on how to save your marriage. That was how this site first started, and before we knew it there were nearly a hundred posts. All this great divorce advice with no real structure. We found ourselves answering emails on questions that we knew that we had already wrote about on the site, but even we had a hard time finding them. That was when we knew that there had to be some major changes.
We actually put a lot of thought into the re-organization of our little divorce site, and talked to as many regular visitors that we could. Finally we decided that in the beginning of 2010, we would tear everything down and start from scratch. We determined that the most appropriate format would be a “divorce time-line” or checklist. This way our visitors could know where to begin when preparing for their divorce or even jump ahead to the point where their divorce was already at. We would present the major steps of the divorce process and then expand from there about specific tips and tactics that would fall right along with the checklist.
And so the Divorce Checklist was Born…
This checklist is clearly the backbone for our entire site. Each major step in the divorce process would get an item number. From there we would expand out on different divorce tips and still be able to move up to the next step at the same time. We will continue to add an infinite number of tips for each step, but the numbers of steps will pretty much remain the same. This is good because no matter what little changes are made to the divorce process over time (just like with other legal issues), the defining steps rarely change.
From here on out, our divorce site should not need any more major renovations, but we can still keep you up-to-date by adding or deleting specific divorce tips. Thus in theory, if you happen to be back on the divorce trail again, 10 years from now, you should be able to come right back to our site and it will be just as helpful then as it will be today.
The initial post for each item on the checklist will provide the most basic information on that step, and after going through each item, we will sum it up with a quick review that will cover the most important points. So if you’re in a hurry, and want to jump ahead to an item on the divorce checklist that is synonymous to where you are at in your divorce, simply read over the quick review and make sure that you have everything covered before moving a head. It is important that you don’t miss any of the finer details, because even though you may be further on in your divorce, there are some steps that you can go back and complete with only minor repercussions for being late.
As usual all comments our welcome and if you have some advice on how to strengthen the backbone of this site even more, then by all means share it. I can’t exactly speak for Joe or Mike, but I thrive on criticism. It pushes me to do even better, and since I will be taking up the reigns as the top admin for MensDivorcehq.com, it will make the site even better.
So enough with the babbling about the new structure of site, it is time to get down to the reason why you are here. And the obvious place to start, making it divorce checklist Item #1, is determining when your divorce starts and if you can (or even want to) doing anything to stop it!
