5 Steps to Buying a House After Divorce
Divorce is a huge event in anyone’s life, and it’s not an easy thing to move on from. The months or years leading up to divorce, plus the drawn out process, can be a drain on your health, your energy, and your finances. One of the…
How to Plan For the Future When You Begin Divorce Proceedings
Getting a divorce can be a lengthy and complicated process, and it’s easy to end up just focusing on getting through it. But it’s important to consider your long-term plans from when you begin divorce proceedings so that you know what you want from…
How to Use Finances to Rebuild the New You
The end of a chapter doesn’t always have to be a bad thing — it can be an opportunity to start over and write an even better story than the last. This can even be applied in the case of a divorce, which can…
How Divorce and Selling the Marital Home May Affect Capital Gains Taxes
Buying a new home is an exciting new beginning for married couples But, unfortunately, when the time comes to sell the house, the 4 sale sign may not be under such happy circumstances. When the sale of the marital home comes with potential Capital…
How Financial Forgiveness Can Impact Your Divorce
The financial devastation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic spurred the development and implementation of several supportive programs under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. If you or your spouse benefited from any of these programs or provisions and are…
How Divorced Parents Can Plan Ahead for College Costs
Planning for college costs is a burden and point of stress for any family with college-bound kids, but for separated and divorced parents the process can be an added point of contention and stress. Applying for financial aid and student loans has become an…
How to Protect Your Financial Future During Divorce
Most people think their greatest asset is their house. They are wrong. Checking account? Wrong again. For the vast majority of women, the most valuable asset we have is our career and earning capability. This is the asset we have the most control over…
8 Things to Look Forward to When You Are Newly Single
Financial Flexibility Even without a shared bank account, romantic relationships are characterized by a sense of mutuality when it comes to divorce finances. Singles experience a level of financial freedom that coupled individuals do not. As a single person, your money is yours to…
Money and Marriage: The Importance of Financial Clarity
Money and marriage often go hand in hand. If I were sitting in a room full of female friends and I wanted to talk about sex, we would giggle, poke fun at each other, ask questions, admit to all sorts of things, and talk…
10 Rules for Marriage (and Divorce)
It may surprise many people that the close quarantine requirements of 2020 have not resulted in an increase in divorces, and in fact, divorce rates may have declined. An even bigger surprise might be that the same rules for marriage to succeed also apply to successful…