The Complete Guide to Protecting Your Financial Security When Getting a Divorce

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A complete guide to financial self-defense for people facing divorce

Written by two noted divorce planning experts, this book arms readers with the knowledge and tools they need to make it through a divorce with their financial skins intact. Readers learn of all the financial risks and ramifications involved, as well as how to prepare themselves for any eventuality. And they get proven strategies for negotiating the best possible financial solution, along with valuable work sheets, checklists, and sample documents. Among other important lessons, readers learn how to:

Construct a solid financial action plan when divorce seems imminent
Get a complete picture of family finances, including the low down on a spouse's small business or intellectual assets
Negotiate a win-win financial settlement
Choose the best settlement method, from options including mediated, arbitrated, and collaborative agreements
Avoid tax penalties and pitfalls and deal with retirement nest egg, 401(k), and SSI issues

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Detailed!!.......2006-05-24

Helps you to understand the complexity of marital debt/assets. In doing post-divorce mediation, the aftermath is worse than the initial filing of the divorce petition. Here we have two consenting adults reigning over the financial thrones of the other. Leaving their financial future in the hands of someone bitter will only gain negative results. What makes one think the court order will enforce resolution? The other party may not feel the urge to pay out of malice. This can lead to foreclosures, collection calls, garnishments, jdgements/liens, (ALL in YOUR name!!!) and frustration.

Being obligated on debt/assets and assuming resolution is a narrow-minded field of scope. This book describes the wide range of capacity in which you should consult with your attorney to ensure fair equitable distribution and negotiation. A mediator is usually sought out or court-ordered for disputes such as this.

Support issues such as commingled funds, both spouses' rights to pensions and social security, equitable business, equitable mortgage , child support, spousal support, and other dividends are dissertated in this book.

This book has so much information in it that is very useful to me as a practitioner. Divorcing couples need to get this for the outcome of what is to be.

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Great Resource for an Awful Time
Best divorce book I have read
A Must Read for Divorcing Women

Fair Share Divorce for Women
Kathleen A. Miller
Manufacturer: Miller Advisors
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Great Resource for an Awful Time.......2007-08-22

Kathleen Miller, a practical financial planner, has compiled one of the best and most comprehensive financial resource for women facing divorce. She likens divorce to riding an escalator "once you're on you are going to get off--whether under your own power or by being thrown off by the unrelenting process of the legal system (p. 2)."

Miller takes a tough, no-nonsense, eyes-open approach while holding your hand every step of the way. She divides the process into 5 predictable stages 1) Pre-divorce, 2) Decision, 3) Acceptance, 4) Mourning, 5) Re-Equilibrium. She addresses the various kinds of wives for example the starter wife, the corporate wife, and the alpha earner wife and how each one differs and faces different problems in divorce.

She helps you decide what to do first, shows you how to make an organized plan, what to anticipate and how to navigate through various obtacles. She aims to empower you to take control (to the degree possible) of what can be an overwhelming and unwieldy process. She shows you how to stay focused on moving forward, how to assemble a team to help you through the grueling process, how to choose the type of divorce vehicle that is best for your circumstances, how to cope with change, and most of all--how to avoid poverty. A glossary and appendixes are provided help you understand the not only the basics of finances but also some of its obscurities.

It's a pretty great book for a pretty awful time.

Best divorce book I have read.......2007-04-10

This is the 4th book I've read on divorce. It is very well-written and highly accessible. The author approaches the process in a logical, humane fashion that left me feeling empowered, rather than burdened with list of to-dos.

The author's superb table delineating the phases of a divorce with a timeline makes it relatively easy to form the big picture of what divorce constitutes. She then deconstructs each phase with clear explanations.

After reading the entire book in 2 days, I feel confident in my understanding of what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and the emotional and legal pitfalls that I need to be aware of.

The flow from chapter to chapter makes for pleasurable reading, an comforting experience when undertaking dissolution of a marriage. Throughout the book, I felt both supported and validated by what I read.

A Must Read for Divorcing Women.......2004-06-02

This book provides detailed information on helping women to understand their financial state. It prompts you to think about all of the essential areas that comprise the development of a financial plan for now and later. It addresses budgets, insurance, QDRO's, retirement planning and so much more. Information is power in divorce and this book helps you to think through and document financial information which will be difficult for someone less prepared to dispute!

Child Support Survival Guide: How to Get Results Through Child Support Enforcement Agencies

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A logical & comprehensive guide for both sides of the issue.
Misleading in favour of custodial parents
This is one of the most informative books I've ever read.
Not at all what it advertises itself to be!

Child Support Survival Guide: How to Get Results Through Child Support Enforcement Agencies
Bonnie M. White , and Douglas Pipes
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A logical & comprehensive guide for both sides of the issue........1999-09-10

I am a noncustodial parent who has made some serious mistakes on my case. While no book can correct these mistakes, I now know how to avoid them in the future & to handle the problems I have now. My mistakes? I paid cash for child support, I lost my job & didn't know I could have the order modified downward, I lost my driver's license before I learned how to make payment arrangements & get it back. All in all, it was a very informative guide & easy to read. I highly recommend it to all parents who have to deal with government child support enforcement agencies.

Misleading in favour of custodial parents.......1999-08-16

It doesn't give any tips for non custodial parent

This is one of the most informative books I've ever read........1999-04-28

As a non-custodial parent this book has been extremely informative. I now know my rights and how this agency operates. It has kept me from making some serious mistakes, and all without consulting an attorney. I've also recommended it to my sister who is a custodial parent since I feel the book does well in covering both sides of the issue. We both give it five stars!

Not at all what it advertises itself to be!.......1999-04-21

This book claims to give tips to both sides, but I found it to be extremely one-sided with very general information! It spends a lot of time on finding a missing father and on tips for the cutodial parent (mother), but it does not have any tips for fathers that are being taken advantage of. The book is very general for those who don't have a clue about child support, but there is very little information for anyone who has been involved in the process or has even started the process.

Unofficial Guide to Getting a Divorce, Second Edition

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The inside scoop... for when you want more than the official line!

Sad. Mad. Scared. Stressed. Distraught. Distracted. Overwhelmed. Divorce dredges up so many emotions and entails so many financial and legal issues, it's difficult to stay rational and keep your life on track. This savvy, updated guide empowers you to take constructive steps toward a better future. It leads you through preparing for divorce, the process, legal issues, coping, sticky situations, and post-divorce financial and health-care issues. It tells you things attorneys and other advisors may not, and gives unbiased recommendations for negotiating the tricky issues of divorce while keeping your sanity.

Vital Information to help you protect your interests in a divorce or in dealings with your future ex, attorneys, financial advisors, and more.
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