Launching My Blog
I’ve decided to create new content for my audience that deals with issues of divorce finance, settlement options, and tax implications of divorce. Stay tuned and keep checking back to see what we...
View ArticleCash Value Life Insurance and Divorce
This post was originally found on PhillyBurbs, where Loretta Hutchinson maintains a Divorce and Money Matters blog. A woman named Laura B. recently approached me to help her understand the financial...
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5 Steps for a Financially Successful Divorce
Divorce can be not only an overwhelming disruption of your personal life, but can also cause overwhelming financial disruptions if you are not prepared. Though it might be difficult to focus during...
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Will My Divorce Affect My Income Taxes?
Your income taxes can be affected in many ways by your divorce. Although income tax rules can differ by state, the following breakdown should help prepare you for how divorce may impact your federal...
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What Would Happen to Your Home If You Got Divorced?
Emotions, finances, lifestyle…so much changes when you go through a divorce. At a time when you are under great stress, you face some of the most difficult decisions of your life — what to do with your...
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Division of Assets in a Divorce
How would your life change if you were to lose 50 percent or more of your net income in a divorce? The decision to separate from your spouse is not an easy one, and the outcome will not only affect...
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Is Collaborative Divorce Right for You?
The decision to get married is probably one of the easiest you’ll make in your life — it seems like a no-brainer when you’re happy and in love with your significant other. But sometimes things don’t...
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3 Ways to Save for College
A top of mind topic this time of year is “Planning for College”. College costs continue to rise and the amount of debt students assume is astounding. The most recent figures around student loans in...
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Simple Formulas for Your Financial Plan
With an alphabet soup of investment options, it’s no wonder that many people see financial planning as overwhelming, obscure, and for geniuses only. For most people though, personal financial planning...
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The Power of Time
Remember your mid-twenties when retirement seemed like a lifetime away, and living paycheck to paycheck was not only the norm, but your reality. ‘If only I knew then what I know now’ can be heard...
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A High-Level Medicare Road Map
For many about to turn 65 or enroll in Medicare for the first time since retiring, deciphering the government-sponsored health care system and all of its parts can be confusing and seem like a daunting...
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How Your Divorce Will Affect Your Social Security Benefits
Often, when I ask women to tell me how their Social Security benefits are calculated, unfortunately many of them answer with a shrug. In these cases, the woman may have a husband who is the informed...
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How to Hit Your Savings Goals
Goals are one of the principal starting points of any financial plan. It may seem like the idea of goal setting is reserved for life’s biggest adventures, but in reality having a different spectrum of...
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UPDATED: A Muster (Lifeboat) Drill for your Financial Future
When we wrote this blog almost 10 months ago to the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (The Dow) just surpassed the 20,000 mark – as it stands today, the Dow is up about 15.8% to 23,163. The message...
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Divorce Mediation – Divorce Mediation Process
Mediation can offer a dignified, non-adversarial divorce that keeps you out of court. In this kind of divorce, an impartial mediator helps you and your spouse negotiate a mutually satisfactory...
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An Investor’s BFF’s: Diversification, Patience, and Consistency
Fall is here. The air is crisp, the leaves are raked (until next week) and the bulbs are planted…flowering bulbs of varying size and color….arranged so there is continuous color from early spring to...
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Cutting The Financial Cord
A common question we ask in our planning conversations is “Who depends upon you for financial support?” More commonly the answer is not just elderly parents but adult children as well. Years ago...
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Are You Being “Sandwiched”?
The term “Sandwich Generation” refers to the phenomenon in the U.S. and many Western countries where a large and ever-growing percentage of the population provides care for their aging parents or...
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8 Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement
Retirement requires a significant amount of planning. Make sure you get the most of your financial plan by avoiding these 8 common retirement mistakes. Not Changing Lifestyle After Retirement One of...
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Make Divorce Healthy Symposium 2018
I’m looking forward to presenting at the Make Divorce Healthy Symposium 2018, April 24, at Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference Center. Make Divorce Healthier 2018 is a day for professionals to come...
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