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Tag: divorce

Single Parents Deserve a Hall of Fame

There are Halls of Fame for musicians, athletes, volunteers, and high achievers in many other fields. My quick check on Wikipedia found over 250 of them. Yet nowhere did I find recognition for one group who richly deserves it. There is no Hall of Fame for single...

“So Daddy Pays You?” Divorce, Money, and Emotions

Kirsten was divorced and had primary custody of her eight-year-old son, Jack, who spent every other weekend with his father. One Friday evening when her ex-husband came to pick up their son, he handed Kirsten a piece of paper and said, “Here is your...

The High Financial Cost of Gray Divorce

I spend a lot of focus helping my clients protect their hard-earned assets from the reach of a frivolous lawsuit. The chance of such a lawsuit in the US is always a risk when a person with a nest egg is perceived as “rich” and someone who “could...

High Financial Cost of Divorce

“Keeping a marriage strong is the best investment.” This is part of the advice Rick shares in a December 2 Washington Post article by Martha M. Hamilton. The article, which focuses on the financial consequences of divorce for older couples, is titled...

More on Money and Marriage

Watch this video on YouTube To marry or not to marry? This isn’t a decision to make on financial grounds, but the choice certainly has financial consequences. My column a few weeks ago about laws that provide financial incentives not to marry drew a great many...