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What is a QDRO?
What Is a QDRO? A QDRO, pronounced “kwa-dro”, or Qualified Domestic Relations Order, is a court order granting a non-employee spouse the right to part of the retirement benefits their former spouse has accumulated in their company’s retirement plan. If you are divorcing a spouse with a company retirement plan governed by The Employee Retirement […]
High Stakes, High Net Worth:
Why hiring a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst can make or break you By: Melissa Provence CDC,DCC When it comes to divorce, more than emotion has to come into the equation. High net worth couples can have a particularly difficult time. They have saved all their lives and now face losing a portion of those savings. […]
Why Choose Mediation Instead of Court?
A mediator is a completely neutral third-party expert who assists the parties in coming to their own resolution to a dispute. An effective mediator will have experience both with the process of mediation itself as well as with the specific issues involved in your case. Why would you choose to use mediation when you could […]
New Year New You: Three Resolutions Worth Making
Starting over can seem impossible after divorce. We may have lost who we are, had our future erased, or felt hopeless. The direction of our lives was now completely different. A roadmap once dotted with destinations, now leads to someplace different. Now is the time to recapture and invent your new path. Here are three […]
Texas Divorce Mediation
A Cost Effective and Expeditious Way to Divorce Amicably Divorce can be hard on both the divorcing parties’ emotions and their wallets. There is an alternative to traditional divorce litigation which may ease the emotional strain of a divorce and can be more cost effective in comparison to the traditional divorce process. That alternative is mediation. […]
Back to School Basics for Busy Co-Parents
Back to school is upon us, and for most parents, it can bring a whole new set of challenges not to mention new routines and managing schedule changes. For divorced parents, there are even more details to figure out such as who is responsible for back-to-school shopping or paying for school lunches? Are you going […]
A Child Centered Divorce
Most of our divorcing clients with minor children are worried first and foremost about how the divorce will affect their children. When starting the divorce process clients often ask how to best tell the children about the divorce, how to protect them from emotional trauma, and what a co-parenting relationship will look like going forward. […]
Confidence in Conflict: Three Methods to Resolving Conflict Without Losing Your Cool
Divorce Coaches have unique expertise in divorce, co-parenting, parenting planning, child development, the impact of divorce on children, and all other issues related to divorce Divorce Coaching is not therapy. Instead, coaches specialize in helping you emotionally cope with divorce before, during and after the process.
Ending a marriage? Don’t get divorced from financial reality in the process.
Sound financial planning may be the last thing on your mind when divorcing but it may never be more valuable. A lawyer may be your first call when you decide you want a divorce. A financial advisor knowledgeable about divorce matters should be your second In many cases, a divorce has more impact on a […]
