Knowledge Is Power

We’re passionate about educating people to help them make informed and intentional decisions concerning their divorce. On the blog, you’ll find answers to your most pressing divorce questions, industry insights, and thoughts on how you can make the divorce process as amicable as possible.

How to Calculate Social Security Benefits When You’ve Been Divorced

For simplicity, let’s assume that the wife is the lower wage-earning spouse in the examples below. If a couple has been married for 10 years or

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Divorced-Spouse Social Security Benefits: 8 Rules with Examples

When Social Security was first instituted in 1935, most women did not work. So in 1939, as part of a sweeping series of amendments, the system

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Can My Ex Inherit My Assets?

Can your ex inherit your assets? We all know divorce can be emotionally and financially challenging. But many of us don’t know how to

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Employee Stock Options in Divorce

Employee stock option division in divorce is a confusing and complex area troubled with tax complications and imprecise valuation methods. But as

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Dividing the Burial Plot

There is often an overlooked asset that needs to be divided or assigned to one of the spouses in a divorce settlement—and that is a cemetery burial

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Financial Fraud in Divorce

Concealment is the cornerstone of fraud. Fraud can be defined as “any intentional or deliberate act to deprive another of property or money by

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Qualifying Income in Divorce

Divorce and mortgage financing concerns are often a touchy subject. Particularly when one spouse is dependent upon income awarded from the divorce

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High-Conflict Personalities in Divorce

There are four basic characteristics of HCPs: Preoccupation with blaming others All-or-nothing thinking Unmanaged emotions Extreme behaviors Their

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5 Cognitive Biases That Lead to Difficulty in Divorce Finances

A cognitive bias is a systematic mistake or error in thinking that affects our judgment. Some of these biases helped our ancestors survive on the

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