What If Your Financial Future Looks Much Different Than Your Soon To Be Ex-spouse’s Future?
By Patrick Janssen Perhaps the more appropriate question might be not “what if” but “there exists” a difference between my projected financial future and what my ex-spouse can expect. Divorce will almost always reshape one’s financial picture as living expenses tend to double yet income will remain the same at least in the short run. […]
A Goal-Focused Approach To Divorce Is Important
By Beth Brown-Ornstein Deciding to get divorced and then going through the process is emotionally draining. Trying to focus on what’s important while dealing with the details in addition to carrying on with daily life can be challenging. While the divorce experience will almost always be challenging, the Collaborative Divorce process is designed to make […]
Why a Financial Plan Should Be Part of Your Divorce Process
By Patrick Janssen If you have worked with a financial advisor during your marriage, chances are you have a financial plan in place that aligns your investment strategy with your life and retirement goals. Operating an investment strategy without a financial plan can often lead to unnecessary investment risk or a growth rate that impedes […]
Surviving Survival Mode – Part Three
By Jeannine Lee Coping Strategies While we are in a survival state we resort to behaviors that have worked in the past, often behaviors learned in childhood. We hang on to them because we don’t know what else to do. These become our coping strategies. Some are good and healthy like going to the gym […]
Surviving Survival Mode – Part Two
This article contains adapted excerpts from Beyond Divorce—Stop the Pain, Rekindle Your Happiness, and Put Purpose Back in Your Life, by Jeannine Lee. Reprinted with permission. Learn more about the book here. [https://jeanninelee.com/my-book/] Suggestions For Surviving Laurence Gonzales, in his book Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why studied the thoughts and behaviors common to wilderness […]
Surviving Survival Mode – Part One
This article contains adapted excerpts from Beyond Divorce—Stop the Pain, Rekindle Your Happiness, and Put Purpose Back in Your Life, by Jeannine Lee. Reprinted with permission. Learn more about the book here. [https://jeanninelee.com/my-book/] Collaborative Divorce is the least chaotic and conflictual way to divorce. And…it is still hard. Divorce is hard no matter how you do […]
Choosing A Collaborative Divorce Lawyer
By Amy Stengel Among the many decisions you will face when you and your spouse choose a Collaborative Divorce process is who to select as your Collaborative attorney. Collaborative law is a process in which parties to a family law dispute collaborate with the support of attorneys working together to ideally reach a full resolution […]
