In the case of divorce, you’ll want to separate the husband and wife’s records into two separate families.
To do this:
- Expand the People menu.
- Pull up the wife’s record.
- Click on the Head of Family checkbox.
- Select the option for “make this person head of a new family ”.
- On the right side of the screen, highlight any children who will be staying with the mom.
- Mark the Retain Address box, if the wife is staying at the current address.
- Click OK.
- The wife and children are now moved into a new family. Make sure to enter any new address information if applicable.
- Change the Marital Status and Family Position for both the husband and wife.
- Click SAVE & CLOSE to save your changes and close the people screen.