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    Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce
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    Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce

    By Violet Woodhouse and Lina Guillen

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    About this ebook

    AUDIENCE FOR BOOK:

    • people considering or dealing with a divorce, who seek a clear grasp of the legal and financial realities of ending a marriage need this book, including:

    • divorcing spouses that want information about property division and alimony.

    • divorcing spouses that want to better understand their legal rights and responsibilities.

    • divorcing spouses that want to learn how to make informed financial decisions during a divorce, and

    • the book is especially helpful for people who aren’t accustomed to dealing with finances or who may not know how to go about gathering financial information—especially those with a financially sophisticated spouse.



    REASONS TO BUY THIS NEW EDITION:

    Between 2012 and 2014, there were almost 2.5 million divorces in the U.S.-(Source: CDC / National Center for Health Statistics)

    2014 - 813,862 divorces in the US (3.2 divorces per 1000 individuals)

    2013 - 832,157 divorces in the US (3.3 divorces per 1000 individuals)

    2012 - 851,000 divorces in the US (3.4 divorces per 1000 individuals)



    • The authors take complicated legal and financial subjects and make them easy to understand.

    • Readers will come away with a better understanding of their legal rights and the financial aspects of divorce, including how courts value and divide property, how to determine support and alimony, how to deal with taxes and divorce, how to negotiate a comprehensive financial settlement, and how to achieve financial stability after a divorce.

    • There is a chapter dedicated to getting help from legal and financial experts, including when you might need an expert, where to find one, what to look for, and what sorts of questions to ask.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNOLO
    Release dateDec 30, 2016
    ISBN9781413323306
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    Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce
    Author

    Violet Woodhouse

    Violet P. Woodhouse, retired author, lecturer, seminar presenter, and consultant to the media in the areas of family law and personal finance, has been a foremost authority on the financial and tax aspects of divorce. For over 20 years, Ms. Woodhouse practiced family law in addition to working as a Certified Financial Planner and Registered Investment Advisor. She pioneered the development of financial analysis of property settlements for financial planners and acted as a consultant to divorcing spouses and their mediators during mediation. In addition to being the author of Nolo's Divorce & Money, she wrote articles for, or has been quoted in, several publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Working Woman, Lear's, Money Magazine, and Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. Worth Magazine named her one of the top 60 financial advisors in the nation.

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