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Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce – The Example of a Collaborative Divorce
Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce – The Example of a Collaborative Divorce
May 7, 2021
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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.
April 19, 2021
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7 Reasons Spouses, Partners Lie About Money
Ten years have passed, and Lisa*, now 60, still asks herself, Why didn’t I see it coming? At the time, she and her husband, Andrew, were living well: a spacious home in a Chicago suburb, overseas travel, a kid in private school.
March 24, 2020
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Lili is speaking at National Conference Event in Chicago
Retirement Income Summit: April 20-21, 2020 | Westin Chicago River North
Join us in Chicago for the industry’s premier retirement planning conference.
March 20, 2020
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Lili is speaking at National Conference Event in Atlanta
A Conference about Women for All Advisors: Pumping Up Your Niche
Many people say successful advisors in the future will have to have niche practices. Hear about the interesting client groups that these advisors service, and how that focus jump started their business.
March 11, 2020
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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 planning.
October 18, 2019
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Financial Infidelity – How To 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 financially.
October 14, 2019
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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 blow.
September 14, 2019
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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.
March 13, 2019
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Remarried after kids – avoid accidentally disinheriting them
If you’ve tied the knot again and hope to pass on assets to your kids from a previous marriage, don’t overlook the importance of planning for when you pass away.
Many people lack even a basic will and the stakes can be higher if you do no estate planning when you remarry. As a result, your children could unintentionally be disinherited.
“A conversation about estate planning is absolutely critical in remarriages,” said certified financial planner Lili Vasileff, founder and president of Divorce and Money Matters in Greenwich, Connecticut.“It’s emotional and hard to talk about, but the last thing you want to do is leave adult kids with a disaster.”
January 17, 2019