During divorce you’re pitting spouses literally side by side or across the table from each other negotiating one of the most emotional parts of a divorce, support. So today, I wanted to give you a few quick tips on how to negotiate alimony or spousal support because this is one of the very last pieces of a puzzle that falls into place to make the whole settlement an entire agreement.
“It’s hard to overcome a client’s enamored passion,” said Lili Vasileff, a certified financial planner in Greenwich, Conn. “Time might prove you right [that the marriage was a mistake], but by that time you’re long fired.”
“I ask clients, ‘If the house will eat up 70 percent of your income, are you willing to sacrifice 70 percent of everything else in your budget to keep it?’” Ms. Vasileff said.
