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.

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Divorce After 50: Protecting Your Retirement in a Gray Divorce alimony/spousal support asset division certified divorce financial analyst divorce after 50 financial planning gray divorce life after divorce ohio divorce pension in divorce preparing for divorce retirement accounts in divorce

Divorce at any age is hard. But when you are over 50, the financial stakes are different.

You do not have 20 years to rebuild. The decisions you make about your retirement accounts, your home, your Social Security, and your settlement are decisions you will live with for the rest of your life. That

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Divorce After 50: Challenges and Survival Tips for a Gray Divorce alimony/spousal support certified divorce financial analyst divorce after 50 divorce coach divorce financial planning gray divorce life after divorce ohio divorce preparing for divorce

Divorce after 50 is not just a legal and financial event. It is a life earthquake.

You are dismantling a life you built over decades. Your social circle may split. Your identity as part of a couple changes overnight. The future you planned together suddenly needs to be rebuilt from scratch — on you...

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Filing Taxes During a Divorce: What You Need to Know alimony/spousal support certified divorce financial analyst child support divorce after 50 divorce financial planning gray divorce life after divorce preparing for divorce taxes

Taxes are probably the last thing you want to think about when you are in the middle of a divorce. But getting this wrong can cost you real money. And the rules are more nuanced than most people realize.

I get tax questions from clients constantly, especially around filing status. So let me walk thr...

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Social Security Benefits for Divorced Spouses: What You Need to Know divorce after 50 divorce financial planning financial planning gray divorce life after divorce ohio divorce preparing for divorce retirement accounts in divorce

This is one of the questions I get most often. Every single day, someone reaches out asking some version of: what happens with Social Security after my divorce?

If you were married for at least ten years, you may be entitled to collect Social Security benefits based on your ex-spouse's work record....

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