Rather than fight it out in court, lots of couples (both the normal kind and the celebrity kind) are looking for alternatives ways to settle their divorces. Unlike personal injury cases, there’s really not some dramatic windfall to be won in a divorce. The parties have the assets that they had when they decided to...
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Most people haven’t had to hire a divorce attorney before, and, even if they have, it was for something completely different. You probably can’t use the attorney you used when you closed on your house in your divorce and, even if you could, you probably wouldn’t want to. If you’ve had any experience with personal...
On Wednesday, we talked a little bit about what to do during your divorce after you separate and your husband cuts you off from marital funds. The trouble is that money is almost always very tight during and after divorce, and it’s very rare that anyone walks away without worrying a little bit about what...
Money is tight in a divorce. It’s a universal truth. It probably goes without saying that when people take a life that was formerly supported by two incomes, divide it in two, and then start funding two different lives separately, it can create some financial drama. Divorce isn’t like a personal injury case, where the...
In order to really be able to divide everything in a divorce, it’s first necessary to figure out what “everything” includes. For most people, it includes basic things, like a house, some bank accounts, a retirement account or two, a few cars, and some kids. In other cases, things get a little more complicated. We...
Concerns about divorce don’t just end after you’re divorced. After your final divorce decree is signed and filed away in the court’s records, that doesn’t mean your life just bounces right back to normal. Especially if yours is a longer term marriage, you’re going to feel the ripple effect from your divorce through all areas...
If you’re going through a divorce, you’re probably wondering exactly what you don’t know you don’t know. After all, that’s always the question, isn’t it? You know a few things, and you’re hyperaware, but you know there are other things that, because of your inexperience, you’re probably missing. It’s not your fault; if you got...
Divorce can be financially ruinous, especially for women who are unprepared. When you think about divorce, especially if it’s really new to you, you probably feel anxious and overwhelmed. It’s a big deal! There are a lot of different things involved, and it’s hard to think about retirement accounts and refinancing and credit card debt...