Help me get my ducks in a row

[Ducksinarow1987]

Hi,

Partner possibly cheating and I think we will separate. Before things become messy and complicated I want to get my head round anything practical I can do to protect myself. I've read advice on here to get copies of papers and financial details but what exactly? Anything practical I need to collect whilst my brain is a bit scrambled?

I've been to a mortgage advisor to find details of what I can afford and got photos of our mortgage details.

Don't want to be blindsided here, what else do I need to get copies of or organise at this point to protect myself?

So sorry you are going through this.
No advice really but I think you need to add more information such as are you married, have children, shared bank accounts?
Up to date accounts for your shared Mortgage details are a good start. Do you have any linked credit otherwise?
Hopefully someone will offer more ideas soon.

Not married, shared mortgage, one shared bank account that we pay the bills into/from, one child together.

If you're not married, then you don't really need to get copies of financial stuff since you won't be dividing that up anyway. It could be useful for child maintenance but only if he is self-employed or could hide his income.