How to Build Financial Stability After Divorce Financial instability is a reality for nearly three-quarters of this country’s 25 million divorcees. A study by TD Ameritrade surveyed 2,000 participants to examine how they’re coping financially after a divorce or death of a spouse. As it turns out, people facing the end of a marriage are struggling — […]
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Dealing With Debt During Divorce It’s routinely stated that 50% of marriages end in divorce. No matter how over- or understated that statistic may be, the truth is that many marriages do end. Part of splitting with your spouse means taking care of debt that was incurred during the divorce. In a perfect world, both people […]
Dividing Inheritance If you are going through a divorce, odds are you and your spouse are going to be dividing up some of your assets. If you have assets that were handed down to you, you may have questions about dividing inheritance. Dividing Inheritance: How an Inheritance is Treated During a Divorce Dividing inheritance can […]
Divorce Steps Making the decision to go through a divorce is extremely difficult and can leave you feeling emotionally drained. The process of divorce may seem scary if you don’t know what you’re in for. Here are the divorce steps described by divorce attorney Tanya Freeman. As a New Jersey Divorce Attorney, I often get […]
Divorcing Spouses Living Together It may come to no surprise to hear that divorcing spouses living together will sound shocking to others. If you are going through a divorce right now, you may be wondering if continuing to live together while the divorce is ongoing is a possibility. In cases where a large disparity exists […]
How to avoid mistakes splitting up 401(k) money in divorce Divorcing couples can face enough agony as it is dividing up possessions and agreeing on custody of children, let alone retirement assets. Yet that nest egg often represents a divorcing couple’s largest pot of money. And if the process for the division of those assets […]
How to Live With Your Ex While Preparing For Divorce Due to the recession, many divorcing parents must continue living together, at least temporarily, because they cannot afford to maintain two separate households. If you’ve found yourself in this position, the following survival strategies can help you create boundaries with your ex while you’re still […]
Divorce Arbitration Divorce does not always have to be difficult. If you are going through a divorce and you want to explore your options, you may have heard about meditation already, but perhaps you have not heard of Divorce Arbitration. Here is what you need to know. Arbitration Divorce | Differences Between Mediation & Arbitration […]
Premarital Assets If you are going through a divorce, you may be wondering how all of this is going to work out. Maybe you are worried about dividing your assets. If you are worried about your premarital assets, here is what you need to know. In a divorce, one frequent question is, “How we are […]
Premarital Home Purchase If you are getting a divorce, you may be worried about how your things are going to be divided. If you have a premarital home purchase, here is what you should know about how that might get divided. Dividing a Premarital Home Purchase What happens if two spouses purchased a home together […]