If you decide to leave your partner, it is important to take certain items with you. You could also copy these papers and leave them, along with some extra clothing, with a trusted friend or family member in the event you must leave in a hurry.
The following is a list of items that should be taken with you. It is best to leave them in one location so that you can take them quickly.
- Your driver’s license/passport/ID cards
- Your children’s birth certificates
- Social security cards
- School and vaccination records
- Money
- Checkbook, ATM cards
- Credit cards
- Keys – house/car/office
- registration for your vehicle.
- Medications
- Welfare Identification
- Work permits, green cards
- Divorce papers
- Medical records for yourself and your children
- Insurance cards
- Address book
- Pictures
- Jewelry
- Children’s favorite toys and/or blankets
- Items of special sentimental value