The Intentional Divorce Library
Divorce comes with more financial questions than anyone expects. This is where you'll find real answers on asset division, budgeting, retirement, and the mistakes that quietly cost women the most, written by a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst who has helped clients navigate exactly what you're facing now.
No fluff, no fear tactics. Just the information you need to make clear-eyed decisions and protect the life you're building next.
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Every article here is written for a particular moment. Start with the stage that matches where you are, and you will find the handful of pieces that actually apply to you.
- I am considering divorce. Can I afford it, what happens to the house, what should I know before talking to an attorney.
- I am preparing for divorce. Documents, credit, insurance, retirement accounts, and choosing your professional team.
- I am going through divorce. The house, support, dividing retirement, QDROs, taxes, and evaluating a settlement.
- My divorce is final. Retitling assets, confirming the QDRO, beneficiaries, rebuilding cash flow and credit.
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A co-parenting schedule works for the school year when both households run on the same basic rhythm: consistent bedtimes and homework routines, a shared calendar both parents can see, duplicate supplies at each house so nothing has to travel, and a written agreement on who pays for what. Settle the ...
Talking to your kids about divorce is one of the hardest parts of the whole process.
You are managing your own emotions while trying to find the right words for theirs. You want to be honest without overwhelming them. You want them to feel safe and loved even as everything around them is changing...
Helping kids through divorce comes down to four things: keeping conflict with their other parent away from them, telling them the truth at a level they can hold, keeping their daily life as predictable as you can, and getting support for yourself so you are not processing your divorce in front of th...
Child support rarely covers everything. Activities, braces, phones, camp, tutoring, and the car all sit outside the basic support calculation, and they are where co-parents end up arguing years after the divorce is final. The fix is specificity: name the categories in your agreement, decide how each...
Co-parenting after divorce means raising your children jointly with your ex while living in separate households, with both parents staying actively involved in decisions, schedules, and daily care. It works best when both parents choose it deliberately: keeping a consistent schedule, communicating d...
The holidays during or after a divorce are hardest the first year, and they get easier. What helps most: agree the schedule with your co-parent early rather than in December, decide in advance what you will say to family so you are not improvising over dinner, keep the traditions that still work and...
A parenting plan should cover the regular schedule, holidays and special occasions, school breaks and sick days, travel, decision-making authority, healthcare, education, expenses, and how the two of you will communicate. The clauses people most often leave out, and later wish they hadn't, are the r...
Parenting is a tough job in the best of circumstances. Shared parenting after a divorce is a whole different ballgame. When I first went through my divorce, dealing with the most basic kid issues felt like preparing for battle with my ex again and again. It was exhausting. Quite frankly, I did not w...
Ohio calculates child support using an income shares model: both parents' gross incomes are combined, a base support obligation is read from the state schedule, and each parent is responsible for their proportionate share. The schedule covers combined incomes from $8,400 to $336,000, the minimum ord...
