When emotions take over, it’s possible to make divorce mistakes – especially financially. Follow these tips to avoid devastating effects on your financial well-being.
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6 Ways to Put Divorce Behind You in the New Year
The New Year is a good time to rethink how a recent divorce may still be impacting your daily life. While I respect that your marriage was significant and ending it was a real lifetime trauma, there is life after divorce. Look around you and see all the happy people, many of whom are divorced […]
9 Things to Do to Prepare for Divorce in the New Year
Divorce is scary, I know. I also realize that divorce is not considered a friendly word. It makes you feel like a failure, like you are scarred, but I am here to help you think differently. Negativity does’t interest me as my goal is to help you move forward with confidence. Remember, in divorce, knowledge […]
2 Situations Where the Court Could Order Child Support for an Adult Child
In most cases, child support ends once a child turns 18. Read on to see the two situations where you may still have to pay child support for an adult child.
Major Social Security Changes Hit Divorcees Hard
The biggest Social Security changes in 30 years are in effect immediately and directly impact all divorcing people in the U.S. Social Security rules for claiming benefits, especially spousal benefits, have been dramatically changed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which was signed November 2, 2015. These changes became effective immediately, and everyone is […]
7 Ways to Keep Costs Down During Divorce
Divorce has a way of pulling the rug out from under you, even if you are the one who initiated the divorce. The adversarial nature can cause the process to be extremely expensive, and there are usually no “winners” in divorce. Splitting one household into two only multiplies the cost. However, education, planning and rational […]
11 Tips to Simplify the Holidays
Holidays are stressful times with six weeks of excess, taxed budgets, and too much to do. If you’re separated or divorced, be careful of setting completely unrealistic expectations. These tips below have been excerpted from Surviving Separation and Divorce by Loriann Oberlin, MS. Your tree isn’t the only item that needs to be trimmed when you’re […]
Potential Tax Filing Statuses for Divorcing Couples
After a divorce, tax filing can become tricky as several filing statuses become a possibility. Find out what the options are for divorcing couples.
WATCH: How to Find a Divorce Financial Professional
Finding the right divorce financial professional can make a big difference in your post-divorce financial future.
Getting a Divorce in Your Underpants?
A startup company in California will soon bring the possibility of getting a divorce online to the masses (in California for the time being, with plans to expand nationally). The website Separate.us was developed by an attorney that wanted to make divorce available through the internet at a low cost. While similar services are offered […]
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