Late Life Divorce at the annual 2019 FPA Conference
Presented on Late Life Divorce at the annual 2019 FPA Conference in Minneapolis to a packed ballroom of attendees! What an honor and delight to speak before my… Read More
Divorce
Here’s how to avoid accidentally disinheriting your kids after you remarry
The rate of remarriage has dropped over time for all age groups except the 55-and-older crowd: 57% in 2013 vs. 42% in 1960. For those who remarry and want to make sure certain assets get passed on to kids from a previous marriage, the solution is estate… Read More
Financial Infidelity and How Can You Protect Yourself?
It doesn’t matter if you are single and beginning a relationship, if you are in a long-term relationship, or if you are negotiating the breakup of a marriage--people often overlook the warning signals for the ways in which they might be taken advantage of… Read More
The cost of divorce
Divorce is expensive, often ruinously so. You don’t need an expert to tell you that. However, an expert can help couples going through it to soften the… Read More
Hungerford — Divorce Rates: Lower overall, but much higher for older couples
Sept. 7, 2019
Unbelievable! Divorce rates are down 40% from 1992 when there were 4.8 divorces for every 1,000 Americans. By 2017, that rate was only 2.9. However, divorce rates for older Americans have… Read More
Divorce: How to stay financially secure when you’re splitting up
Getting divorced is an emotional roller-coaster. It also can be a real threat to your personal finances.If you don’t approach your settlement with a clear head and an accurate accounting of your finances, you may find that you can’t afford your new life alone or, just as bad, you could jeopardize the retirement you’re envisioning for yourself in the… Read More
The key things to focus on in divorce, by the decade
Love aside, the impact of divorce in your 20s and 30s is quite a bit different than in your 40s and 50s.Divorce by the decade seems like an odd way to call the shots to identify the risks for a marriage. For years, it seemed like the longer you were married or the longer you waited to get married,… Read More
DIVORCE BY DECADE
https://www.worthy.com/blog/third-act/finance/top-money-tips-for-older-women/Divorce by the decade seems like an odd way to call the shots to identify the risks for a marriage. For years, it seemed like the longer you were married or the longer you waited to get married, the better. Most people believe that the relationship between age at marriage and divorce risk was almost… Read More
Protecting Yourself Financially during Divorce
I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING AS a financial advisor in divorce for more than 25 years, and in the last 10 years the divorce rate in the U.S. for adults over the age of 50 has doubled. This sharp increase in breakup rates is in first-time, long-term marriages of more than 20 years. My parents' generation had an estimated divorce… Read More
Don’t let money woes silence you after a divorce. Take these steps to get a plan in place
If you're divorced, you don't need to be told that your financial life has changed.However, one key indicator — how willing you are to talk to family about money — shows just how much your finances and relationships can be upended.Results from the CNBC Invest in You and Acorns Savings Survey show that 56 percent of divorced Americans said… Read More