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How To Start Over Financially After Divorce?

When you find yourself separating from your marital partner, there are many things to consider. It can be overwhelming. And while it is overwhelming, you need to remind yourself to think with your head and not your heart to make sound decisions about your finances that will span your lifetime. Often when couples are divorcing, one partner may forgo their career to be a full-time parent while the other one works outside of the home. And when this happens, and divorce is the necessary solution, we often see that the person who remained at home during the marital courtship has […]

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How to Share the Holidays with Your Children After Divorce

When you are in a family that has divorced or is in the process of divorcing, the stress level of the holidays increases ten-fold. The devastating truth is that children often feel like they need to pick a side, go with a certain parent, and not share their true feelings and needs. By feeling this way children, no matter their age, often dread the holiday season, and their anxiety goes off the charts. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Here are a few suggestions we have given our clients on how to share the holidays with their ex […]

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How To Keep Your Children Out of The Middle When You Divorce

While financial and emotional needs are critical to discuss when divorcing, the most important topic to be talked about is your children and how they will be impacted during the separation process. Divorce for children can often be traumatic because a court-litigated divorce is often filled with animosity and anger between the parents. But when you choose the non-confrontational collaborative divorce, the goal is to divorce peacefully, leaving your family unit intact. Often divorcing couples with children ask our team of divorce experts what are their best suggestions for keeping their children out of the middle during the divorce process, […]

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Financially Recovering After Divorce

The financial stress from a divorce ranks up there with the death of a loved one. A divorce didn’t happen overnight, so recovering from it financially won’t either. The first thing we should mention is to make sure you and your spouse divorce using the collaborative divorce process and a neutral financial mediator. The collaborative process brings financial privacy, amicable agreements and planning for the future once your divorce is finalized by utilizing a financial divorce specialist who can help both you and your spouse understand your financial landscape pre- and post-divorce. Here are a few tips a financial neutral […]

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Updating Your Estate Plan After Divorce

When you and your spouse are finalizing your divorce, there are many things to add to your post-divorce checklist, which can sometimes feel very emotionally and financially overwhelming. Nevertheless, it is important to complete and/or update your estate plan after your divorce is finalized. In the past, estate planning was a simple process, but in today’s world, it is a very different, complex process. So many factors can play a part in your planning, from complex financials, blended marriages, multiple marriages and stepchildren. Each of these situations warrants working with an estate or trust planner who not only understands estate […]

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