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DIVORCE CLARITY: START to FINISH.
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After college, I spent a year skiing before heading to business school. Two years later, with my MBA in hand, I began working at a commodity trading firm. Over the next 28 years, I built a life, got married, and started a family. But, after many years of marriage, I wanted out.
What I didn't expect was how grueling the divorce process would be - emotionally, mentally, and financially. But, what shocked me most was the financial blindness of our legal system. Day after day, I was stunned by the lack of financial knowledge from mediators, attorneys, arbitrators, and judges. It seemed impossible that my financial future could rest in the hands of legal professionals trained in the law but not in the complex financial realities beyond the day a divorce becomes final. There are real implications to dividing assets and debts - as well as paying or receiving support - and those implications play out over time, often including sophisticated tax consequences.
Divorce is a high-stakes, heavily-weighted financial transaction made during one of life's most emotionally destabilizing times. That's not a great combination. Divorce will determine your financial future - for better or worse - and for many years to come. Mistakes often cannot be undone - and worse, those mistakes compound over time.
So, why do people going through the most pivitol financial transaction of their life casually hand over their financials to their divorce attorney? THAT is the million dollar question.
Attorneys and judges are trained in the law - not finance. Yet, these are the very people influencing the shape of your financial future. That alone should give anyone pause.
A legally sound agreement is not the same as a financially sound one. A truly smart divorce requires both: an attorney to protect your legal rights and a financial exert skilled in the intricacies of divorce to ensure long-term financial clarity and stability long after the papers are signed. This becomes even more critical when you're dealing with a high-conflict spouse. I’ve seen too many people - emotionally exhausted - agree to terms in mediation just to end the process - only to deeply regret it later when they are forced to live with those decisions for the rest of their life. Divorce is already painful. Don’t let it also become a financial mistake.
My credentials include 28+ years in the financial services industry, an MBA, several certifications, including a CDFA® (Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®), Family Mediation, and Negotiation Mastery from Harvard Business School. But, my most valuable qualification? Living through a high-conflict divorce of my own. I lived the emotional chaos, the confusion, and the fear - and I am passionate about paying it forward.
How can you negotiate the rest of your life without knowing exactly where you stand currently - and then running that movie forward?
You can't.
And that's exactly why I'm here.
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