Getting a Divorce

Whatever life-changing experience you’re going through, the loss of a job, or a loved one, a personal health crisis, or a divorce, the challenge usually involves particular stages. These specific stages are often explored in books, articles, movies, and, of course, personal counseling sessions all over the world. When you realize this, that there are…

One of the biggest divorce fears and actual dangers for women is the risk that her spouse will hide assets from her if they split, and she will never know. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Liza Caldwell, the founder of SAS for Women, was interviewed on the topic  “Five Common Mistakes People Make…

You may be thinking about divorce and have grown tired of the spin cycle, thinking about it over and over again.  Or, you suspect divorce is probably in your future, and you wonder what to do next.  Or, dear Reader, you may have been hit with a divorce, or know that it’s going to happen,…

Sally is going through a gray divorce, she tells me, with tears running down her cheeks. We’re sitting in our neighborhood diner, watching the leaves falling outside, and people bustling past. I hadn’t expected this when she suggested we meet urgently for coffee. I thought she wanted to tell me about their wonderful weekend away…

When I finally left my marriage, my mom didn’t hug me or say I’d made the right choice.  She just looked at me and said, “You wasted the best years of your life on him.”  It stung, but if I’m honest, she wasn’t wrong. I don’t regret leaving.  What I regret is how long I…

While prenuptial agreements often receive the spotlight, postnuptial agreements have quietly emerged as powerful tools. Signed during the marriage, and not before, as with the case of a prenuptial agreement, postnuptial agreements are marital contracts that seek to protect the financial future or stabilize a marriage in transition. Rather than anticipating failure, post-nup agreements aim…