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.
“Maybe if I can’t afford this house and I have to sell it in two years and it’s all on me, I only get the exclusion up to $250,000, whereas if we sold it as a couple, we could have had a $500,000 exclusion and saved ourselves a lot more in profit.” – Lili Vasileff in re: discussion of tax smart asset division tips for divorce.
“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.”
