You and your spouse likely set up a wedding registry at one or more retailers when you got married and baby registries if you had children. Now, more and more people are using the gift registry concept when they divorce. This time, however, the registry is all your...
Divorce
4 money matters to consider in a divorce
Divorce will hit your finances hard. To reduce the chance that you emerge from divorce struggling to make ends meet, you need to plan your finances beforehand. Making time to think calmly about financial matters is not easy at the best of times. It will be even more...
3 tips to prepare for asking for a divorce
There may come a time when you decide that you and your spouse simply are not on the same page anymore. You may not hate them, but you may be frustrated or tired of dealing with the relationship. At this point, you want to separate and divorce, but you also don’t want...
3 tips to make your divorce easier
It is not easy for anyone to go through a divorce. There are many legal meetings to go through and you’ll need to be willing to negotiate and work with your spouse when you may be frustrated or upset with them. Divorces have the potential to be contentious and costly,...
Why is divorce more complicated for joint business owners?
Tying the knot with someone combines many aspects of your life. If you not only married but went into business together, then your lives are well and truly entangled. When trying to untie yourself in a divorce, you need to ensure you do not harm your company in the...
What money moves should you make before divorce?
After a few recent conversations with your current spouse, you know divorce looms on the horizon. Rather than wait for the inevitable, you want to get proactive about your financial health. U.S. News & World Report offers pre-divorce financial insights. Get a head...
After a divorce, you should address your estate plan
Going through a divorce is difficult, and it can change many aspects of your life. Your finances may have changed, or you may have new assets that you’d like to preserve that are now in your name alone. Financial planning after your divorce should include reviewing...
What is “nesting” and is it a good choice for our family?
Divorce is hard, but reworking your life after the ink dries on the paper is often the most challenging part. Particularly if you are navigating co-parenting with your ex-spouse, finding a way to make post-divorce life and parenting function is a major headache for...
Are you suffering from PTSD due to divorce?
No one would argue against the fact that divorce is a difficult and even traumatizing experience for those involved, leaving potential life-long emotional and mental scars. But did you know that the impact and force of a divorce can actually cause mental health...
Is your spouse trying to hide assets?
Asset division is often one of the trickiest parts of divorce. It causes a lot of strain even in amiable splits. In more volatile divorces, it can act as the center point of the most explosive arguments. Assets are also the subject of asset hiding. But just what is...