Welcome to the Intentional Divorce Solutions Blog
If you're navigating divorce or rebuilding your life afterward, you're in the right place. This blog offers expert advice on the financial aspects of divorce, including asset division, budgeting, retirement planning, and avoiding common financial mistakes. Our goal is to help you gain clarity, protect your future, and feel empowered as you move forward.
Whether you're just starting the divorce process or adjusting to your new normal, explore our articles for practical tips, real-life strategies, and support from professionals who understand what you're going through.
It's common for clients to enter my office with misconceptions regarding separate property in a divorce and how assets should be divided. This confusion often arises from reading online articles without verifying the source. Remember, laws regarding separate property during a divorce can differ grea...
Divorce is expensive. I've heard that the national average is around $20,000-25,000. Transitioning from marriage to divorce is hard enough without the hefty price tag. However, if you look at search engine traffic, a lot more people are searching for how they can protect their money in a divorce rat...
There is no simple answer to the question of which spouse gets the marital home in a divorce. However, it is a question that comes up repeatedly as I work with divorcing couples. The family home is one of those marital assets that has memories – both good and bad – and it is a topic fraught with ten...
There is a great deal of confusion around Social Security retirement benefits under the most straightforward circumstances. When it comes to social security benefits for divorced spouses, it's even more complicated.
First, it's important to note that social security is not divisible as an asset in ...
The following is a guest post written by Erica N. Reed, LCSW-C. Additional information about Erica can be found below.
As you planned the wedding ceremony and created your life together, the last thing you anticipated was scheduling a meeting to dissolve the marriage. Whether the marriage had been ...
If you’re going through a divorce in Ohio, spousal support is probably one of the biggest financial questions on your mind. Whether you’re the lower-earning spouse wondering how you’ll cover your living expenses, or the primary earner anticipating what you may be required to pay, understanding how a...
Dealing with a divorce is a stress beyond compare for many people. When you add to that the emotional stress of complicated financial issues that arise during this time, it is crucial to enlist professional help to ensure your money questions are addressed during the divorce. One person who can take...
Divorce is one of the most difficult transitions a person can go through — and in the middle of the emotional weight of it all, you are also being asked to make financial decisions that will follow you
for decades. That is an enormous amount to carry at once.
If your marriage involved a 401k — wheth...
If you have children and you're going through a divorce in Ohio, child support is probably one of the first questions on your mind. How much will it be? Who pays? Can it change?
I hear these questions all the time. And while Ohio does use a formula to calculate child support, calling it straightfor...
A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is a crucial legal document in divorce proceedings that facilitates the division of retirement assets between spouses. Understanding the QDRO process is essential for anyone navigating the complexities of divorce financial planning. This guide will provide...
Are you losing thousands of dollars due to the financial fears that arise during the process of dissolution or divorce? The cost of the divorce itself is undeniably one of the biggest concerns clients express. There is no question about it. The duration and expenses involved in divorce proceedings u...
