What Newly Divorce Co-Parents Need to Know About the Holidays

The holidays can be a challenging time for newly divorced co-parents. With the right approach, you can navigate this season smoothly, especially when you can plan ahead with your co-parenting agreement before finalizing your divorce. This often gets overlooked in court-litigated divorces, but this is often worked out when you choose a collaborative divorce model. In a collaborative divorce process, where the focus is on cooperation rather than court battles, you’ll find the process more peaceful, leading to better outcomes for everyone involved, including your children. Here are some thoughts to keep in mind to help make the first year, […]

How Does Divorce Mediation Work?

If you and your partner are looking for a peaceful way to work through your divorce, mediation could be an option to consider. However, sometimes clients aren’t entirely clear on how the process works. With mediation, you and your spouse will have more control over decisions around child support, alimony, and dividing assets and debt. It’s also a more efficient and cost-effective approach to finalizing your divorce. You’ll typically meet with a neutral mediator two to three times over three to four months. During your first meeting, the mediator will work with you to clearly understand your financial situation and […]

Who Claims Head of Household When You Divorce?

With so many things to remember to have written into your divorce agreement, many separating couples forget to discuss with each other how their taxes will be impacted. When you and your spouse choose the collaborative divorce process, you are paired with a team of experts such as mental health, divorce coaches, professionals, attorneys, and financial neutrals. One of the roles the financial neutral plays is to speak to both of you about what your future will hold in regard to tax liabilities and what each person is expected to claim and not claim. One of the common questions is […]

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 […]

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 […]