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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

What’s a pension actually worth?

Money that you have today is worth more than money you will get tomorrow. It’s kind of like “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

Shifting out of neutral

Some financial advisors specialize in divorcing men. Some do neutral work. I focus on women.

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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

Remote control

I’ll bet you dollars-to-donuts that, 20 years ago, when LegalZoom was established and they came up with that cool name, that no one in the room ever imagined that, someday, everyone would be doing tons of legal work... over Zoom.

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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

Why I feel for divorcing women

Like you, I have a specialized practice. You’re an attorney who chose to specialize in family law. I’m a CPA (and a Certified Financial Planner™ professional) who chose to specialize in helping women (and the attorneys who serve them) with the financial side of divorce.

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Benefits of Working with a Forensic Accountant

In the context of divorce, a forensic accountant investigates the marital assets to appropriately evaluate their complete financial picture. This aids the court in determining a more just and fair settlement for the parties.

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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

The window of opportunity for referrals from previous clients

When I sat down to write this month’s article, the intended title had nothing to do with your ability to generate ongoing referrals from previous clients, or any “window of opportunity” thereof.

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8 Reasons to Work with a Divorce Informed Financial Planner

Many women facing divorce, as well as their attorneys, decide to work with divorce financial advisors. Adding a financial planner’s expertise to the divorce team provides key assistance in preparing a case for litigation or mediation in Arizona cases. 

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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

Certifiable (more than others!)

Many attorneys haven’t worked with a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® before, and so they wonder: What’s the difference?

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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

A cautionary tale

A cautionary tale In each of these articles, I tell you a story about how I help women with the financial side of divorce. That’s usually the case. This time, it isn’t.

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Life Spans – Bridge Divorce Strategies Newsletter

Mediation Computation

Confession: I was looking up words that rhyme with “mediation” in my search for a title to this little article, in which I’m about to describe how I help divorcing women, and their attorneys, with the financial side of the process.

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