by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Aug 1, 2020 | Family & Children
If love is a battlefield, then co-parenting teens is a battlefield with landmines. Teenagers can swing from adolescent to grown-up feelings (and back again) in the snap of your fingers. This confusing age is hard enough already for them to navigate. Throw in the... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Jul 19, 2020 | Divorce Finance
The issue of health insurance is critical in many divorces we see in our office. It is a key issue in any divorce when at least one party is under age 65 and without means to obtain their own health insurance. It can also be a significant issue with children who have... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Jun 22, 2020 | Family & Children
Is this your first marriage? Or your second marriage? Maybe your third marriage? Studies show the rate of divorce for first marriages has dropped to 40%. But the alarming statistic is the rate of failure for second marriages is 67% and for third marriages, it’s a... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | May 8, 2020 | Dividing Property
Year after year, you and your spouse have been saving for college through a 529 savings account. Now that divorce is pending, it’s time to think about spending the money you’ve put aside for your children as a co-parent. Who will be in control of how much... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Apr 19, 2020 | Divorce Finance
On March 30, 2020, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced the distribution of stimulus package payments to account for the coronavirus pandemic. When it comes to this tax stimulus and divorce – there are often some questions. What is... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Mar 30, 2020 | Divorce Finance
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, many small business owners face uncertainty. To compound this uncertainty, the White House announced this weekend it will extend social distancing guidelines until the end of April. Thankfully the government also recently completed the... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Mar 22, 2020 | Dividing Property, Divorce Finance
It seems incredibly unfair that at a time when you are dealing with the emotional stress of separating from your spouse, you also have to deal with worrisome and complicated financial issues too. As much as any other time in your financial life, it is vital to get... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Mar 21, 2020 | Dividing Property, Divorce Finance
The U.S. stock market continues to be a daily surprise — sometimes shock — to investors and businesses across the country. While there’s never a promise of financial gains in the stock market, there are times, such as now, during which anxiety about your financial... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Feb 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Divorce can really mess with your mind. I know because I’ve been there. It is like my brain was removed from my head and placed beside me for about a year. (It does come back!) The intelligent together woman that I once was turned into an emotional, brain-fogged,... 
by Denise French, CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC | Feb 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
We have 5 children in our blended family and now the first of them is about to hit his 20’s and looking for Mrs. Right, I’m concerned!!! Millennials and Generation Z young adults could be the first generations of children-of-divorce. By 1983, all but 2 states had... 