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Will AI Replace Your Divorce Team? Not If You Have a CDFA® Professional
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere right now. It drafts essays, writes emails, even summarizes legal documents. Ask Siri or ChatGPT a question, and you’ll get an answer in seconds. So it’s natural to wonder: Could AI replace your divorce team? Here’s the short answer: Not if you have a CDFA®.
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Top 5 Money Mistakes Divorcing Couples Make (and How to Avoid Them)
Divorce is part legal, part emotional, and part financial. Too often, people put all their energy into the legal fight or the emotional healing — and neglect the financial piece. The result? Costly mistakes that can drain your future.
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Divorcing in January? Don't Let Your Finances Be the First Casualty
January has a reputation. It’s the season of fresh starts — gym memberships spike, planners fly off the shelves, and vision boards get taped to refrigerators. Everyone’s chasing that “new year, new me” energy. It’s also the season of divorce. In fact, family law attorneys often call January “divorce season” (...)
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An Apology (and a Moving Box or Two)
I owe a few of my former clients an apology. For years, I’ve been a loud and proud proponent of selling the house during a divorce. I’ve said it so often I could probably do it in my sleep: the spouse who stays usually overpays, gives up too much in (...)
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Holidays Are Hard for Divorcing People. How to Help Them Cope.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…" Charles Dickens was writing about the contrast between London and Paris in the late 18th century during the French Revolution, but it as applicable to divorce during the holidays. Maybe more so.
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Retirement Accounts: Asset or Stream of Income?
Retirement accounts in divorce are unique because they are both marital assets and deferred income earned during the marriage. Yet courts, attorneys, and even conciliators often treat them rigidly, pensions in pay status as income, IRAs and 401(k)s as assets, without fully accounting for the financial reality. Ignoring this dual nature can (...)
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How to Spot Financial Deception in Divorce
During divorce when emotions are careening out of control, one spouse often believes that the other could be hiding assets.
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Divorce & Dollars: 7 Smart Financial Planning Tips for a New Start
How Financial Planning Month Empowers You to Navigate Divorce with Confidence
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Sudden Income Deficit Syndrome: Recognizing and Addressing Manipulated Income in Divorce
Divorce cases are rarely straightforward when it comes to finances, but few issues present as consistent and frustrating a challenge for practitioners as Sudden Income Deficit Syndrome. This phenomenon refers to the sharp and often suspicious decline in reported income by one spouse—typically coinciding with the onset of divorce. While (...)
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Hidden Costs You May Not Have Considered When Moving During Divorce
Moving and divorce—they’re both life experiences that bring a lot of change, likely a lot of stress, and a lot of financial questions. And when these two events coincide, the change, stress, and money issues can start to pile up. But there are proactive measures you can take to reduce the (...)
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