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Protecting Your Threatened Wealth

Every 10 seconds a Boomer turns 60 years old. Gray divorce is what many boomers face. Among U.S. adults over age 50, the divorce rate has doubled since 1994. Contrary to expectations, long term marriages are not immune to divorce and the largest increase (55%) is in first time marriages of over 20 years. With transition and the uncertainty of a divorce outcome, being able to meet one’s needs and protect wealth are the two priorities expressed most often by older individuals who divorce.

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Is A Divorce Tsunami Coming?

According to research, March is the most popular month to file for divorce, maybe because couples want to get past the holidays and taxes (or maybe it’s just “March madness.”) This past March, however, we also began dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and self-quarantining. Most families have had to endure financial hardship, childcare issues and the inability to live life outside their homes.

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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 future.

For those splitting up in their later years or for spouses who worked at home for most of their lives, the financial ramifications can be even worse.

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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, the better.

Most people believe that the relationship between age at marriage and divorce risk was almost linear: the older you were, the lower the chances of divorce. Curiously, not only are these basic assumptions mistaken, but also the premise that all divorces face mostly the same financial issues.

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Protecting Threatened Wealth

Every 10 seconds a Boomer turns 60 years old. Gray divorce is what many boomers face. Among U.S. adults over age 50, the divorce rate has doubled since 1994. Contrary to expectations, long term marriages are not immune to divorce and the largest increase (55%) is in first time marriages of over 20 years. With transition and the uncertainty of a divorce outcome, being able to meet one’s needs and protect wealth are the two priorities expressed most often by older individuals who divorce.

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Widows see their income drop by 50% – don’t be one of them

In March 2013, Ginny McKinney and her husband, Dan, were shopping for a camper to pursue their dream of traveling to great golf courses around the country. Then Dan died of a heart attack. He was 62 years old and she was 59.

“It was devastating. Grief is like an onion. You have the initial shock of the loss itself, but then it keeps going deeper and deeper,” Ginny says.

And in Ginny’s case, the emotional challenges were compounded by financial setbacks.

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A Money Smart Divorce

December is expected to be a busy month for the nation’s divorce courts. The tax overhaul enacted late last year eliminated the deduction for alimony, but unlike most provisions in the law, this one doesn’t take effect until 2019.

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Baby boomers are divorcing at a stunning rate

Looking ahead to the next phase of life can seem pretty dreadful if you can’t stand the person who you’ll be spending it with.

That may be what some boomers are facing. Among U.S. adults ages 50 and older, the divorce rate has roughly doubled since the 1990s, according to a Pew Research Center report. Statistically speaking we’re healthier and probably going to be living a lot longer — possibly 30 years longer — than average retirees once did.

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