Choose the Divorce Path That Fits Your Situation
Not every divorce needs the same level of help. Some people can continue DIY with good organization. Others need AI guidance, coaching, mediation, attorney review, or safety support before moving forward.
Use this comparison page to decide your next step after getting oriented, organizing your numbers, and building your binder. The goal is not to push everyone into one option — it is to help you choose the right level of structure.
If there are threats, intimidation, coercive control, stalking, domestic violence, severe emotional distress, or fear of retaliation, pause the divorce planning path and start with safety or stabilization support.
Compare Your Options
Continue Self-Guided
Best when both people are reasonably cooperative, the issues are simple, and you feel organized enough to continue without paid support.
- Use calculators
- Build your binder
- Prepare your own questions
Use AI Divorce Resolution
Best when you have information gathered but need help organizing issues, comparing options, and creating structured summaries.
- Guided intake
- Issue organization
- Exportable summaries
DIY Divorce Coaching
Best when you want practical help staying organized, preparing questions, reducing overwhelm, and deciding what to do next.
- Decision support
- Preparation help
- Structure without litigation
Full Mediation
Best when both people may be willing to work through issues with structure, reduce conflict, and avoid unnecessary litigation.
- Issue-by-issue discussions
- Agreement-focused process
- Can use your binder and AI summary
Legal Review Before Signing
Best when you are close to an agreement but need licensed legal advice before signing final documents or orders.
- Review final agreements
- Ask better questions
- Use your organized binder
Pause and Stabilize
Best when there are threats, intimidation, abuse, coercive control, stalking, or emotional overwhelm that makes planning unsafe.
- Start with safety
- Use stabilization tools
- Do not mediate unsafe dynamics
Recommended Next Step
If you want the most structured digital path forward, start by reviewing the pricing options. From there, you can move into the AI Divorce Resolution Platform or choose coaching or mediation instead.