Avoid these mistakes when divvying up assets in a divorce
ADVISOR INSIGHT PUBLISHED THU, DEC 10 2020 8:00 AM ESTSarah O’Brien@SARAHTGOBRIEN KEY POINTS Even if two assets appear to have the same value, taxes can
The Dirty Little Secret – Financial Infidelity
Uncertainty, anxiety and an unprecedented sense of displacement surround all of us during covid 19 – add another major life transition like divorce, and you
Might as Well Use This Time to Get a Divorce
MY TWO CENTS MAY 15, 2020‘Might as Well Use This Time to Get a Divorce’By Charlotte Cowles My friend Anna has been waiting for
How to survive going from dual-income to a single-income
Lindsay Mott | April 10, 2020
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Forced to downsize to a single income after a major pay cut? Here are five things to do to re-establish financial security in your household.
Build Your Divorce Dream Team: Divorce financial expertise is key!
As the CEO of DivorceForce, I have spoken to hundreds of people who have gone through the divorce process. I’ve reviewed thousands of posts on our social channels detailing experiences people have had with their own professional divorce teams—matrimonial lawyers, financial advisors, accountants, realtors, mortgage lenders, and mental health coaches—and I’ve been shocked to learn just how many feel they’ve made mistakes.
Divorce Rates: Lower overall, 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 skyrocketed.
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.
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.
