What Everyone Needs to Know About Divorce
FINANCES: Create Financial Security for Yourself and Your Family
Divorce can mean the making the most important financial decisions of your entire life, but we are rarely emotionally equipped to make them! Ask questions. Get different opinions from professionals. Read these articles. And, do not move forward until you are ready.
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LEGAL MATTERS: Take Charge by Understanding the Law
We know…it's confusing! But you are not alone, and the resources we've provided will help you understand the different options available, and the best way to approach them.
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EMPOWERMENT: Taking Steps Towards Emotional Freedom
The more you know, the less you'll worry - that doesn't mean it will be easy, or all fears will magically vanish. It does mean that every small step you take in being informed becomes a big step towards your emotional freedom.
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CHILDREN: Helping Your Kids Through Divorce
Your children are the single most important part of this equation. And, how you prepare, react and respond to and with them during this time will make all the difference in their well-being. Bottom line: if you're okay, they will be too!
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Five Unique Challenges of a “Gray Divorce”
If you are over the age of 50 and have decided that it’s time to finally unshackle yourself from the old “ball and chain,” you…
What Does a Certified Divorce Financial Planner Do?
Divorce is an emotional rollercoaster, but at its core, it is also a financial transaction. You are not only unwinding your emotional life, but also…
What to Do When Your Spouse Makes Divorce Threats
Gathering up the courage to ask for a divorce is hard. Things can get even harder if your spouse resists or starts threatening to take…
How to Improve Your Credit Score Before a Divorce and Why It’s Important
After your divorce, your credit score can go a long way toward making your transition a little easier or a lot more difficult. Your credit…
Five Things You Need to Know About Filing Your Taxes After a Divorce
If you are either in the process of getting divorced or got divorced last year, then you may be facing a totally different tax situation…
What If We Can’t Sell Our House After a Divorce?
My husband and I bought an aging farmhouse in rural Ohio at the top of the market. Almost ten years later, housing prices in our…
How to Get the House in Your Name After a Divorce
If you want to keep your house after your divorce, you are taking on a big financial challenge! If you are like most Americans, your…
Should You Keep the House If You Divorce After 60?
You have an emotional connection to your home, especially if you have lived there for many years and raised a family within its walls. If…
Are You Eligible for Spousal Support (Alimony) After Your Divorce?
When Amber walked down the aisle eight years ago, she thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with Marcus. After their…
Should I Keep the House?
Divorce can shake you to your very foundations. Everything changes, and many people want to cling to the house as the only stability they find in a shifting world.
Whether keeping the house is your best option depends on many different factors. Here are what you need to consider in making that important decision.
The Kids Are Just Fine
How much do parents need to worry that divorce will have a long term negative effect on their children? Fortunately, far less than you think. Research shows that the vast majority of children weather divorce safely.
How to Divide Major Assets During Divorce
Determining how to split your shared assets in a divorce can be tricky. Our possessions hold emotional value as well as market value. If you…
Five Ways Your Family Can Help You Save Money After Your Divorce
Divorce can be financially devastating divorce for women. Despite our continued push to raise the glass ceiling, the truth is that men are far more…
Understanding Social Security Survivor Benefits After Divorce
There are huge Social Security benefits women can receive if they were married to their husbands for at least ten years before their divorce. When…
Divorce Asset Division: Keep It, Divide It, or Sell It?
When you sit down across the negotiating table with your spouse, the two of you need to figure out a fair and equitable way to…
Should I Keep the House After Divorce for the Sake of the Kids?
Getting a divorce might be the right thing to do, but it will have a big effect on your children’s lives, creating uncertainty and possibly…
Why Your Friend’s Divorce Took Two Years
As hard as it is to admit, you know that your marriage is heading toward divorce. As the realization sets in, it’s time to start…
Uniting, Helping, and Healing Communities Across The Nation
It’s a matter of trust. Divorce can be one of life’s most difficult transitions, emotionally, legally and financially. And, with infidelity being one of the top…
Ginita Wall on Real Talk San Diego
Second Saturday co-founder Ginita Wall talks about the divorce workshop on Real Talk San Diego. She is joined by Second Saturday Leader Alisa Kerr.
What Does Divorce Really Cost?
Women considering divorce know what they’re getting out of, but need an advisor’s help to understand what they’re getting into. From the November 2016 issue…