Protecting yourself before a divorce starts long before the divorce. Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are a good way to protect yourself because spouses can agree to specific assets they would like to protect in marriage and divorce.

The court also actively looks to protect the parties to a divorce by enacting an Automatic Temporary Injunction, as soon as the divorce is filed, which does not allow one spouse to remove another person from insurance, take the kids out of state, or dispose/hide marital property.