There’s a whole lot to think about and deal with when you get divorced. The paperwork alone can be extremely overwhelming. So it’s no surprise that people forget to deal with important things in the wake of their divorces. Many of them are burned out, and many simply forget because they have so much on…

Picture this… You’ve passed away (hopefully peacefully in your sleep) and your family and loved ones are gathered around a desk in an attorney’s office somewhere, waiting to discover what you left to whom. Perhaps you get a chuckle out of picturing the facial expression of that one money-grubbing relative you intentionally left out of…

Hi there and welcome back. We’re glad you could join us for the wrap up of this discussion about what to do if your spouse is hiding assets, and why it’s such a bad idea in the first place! As we mentioned before, hiding assets, or setting some of your money aside so you don’t…

Hi there and welcome back. We’re glad you could join us to wrap up this discussion on the best ways to divide up your various retirement accounts and annuities when you get divorced. And yes, we know – reading about how to deal with finances isn’t the most exciting thing you’re going to do today.…

We get it – dealing with the more complex financial aspects of a divorce can be very overwhelming. Trying to figure out how a particular financial decision affects your future security, or what the tax implications are of choosing to keep or release a particular financial asset aren’t going to be the most exciting subjects…

Hey there, welcome back to this discussion about family finances, and why it’s so important for both spouses to be aware of what’s going on with the money side of things. As we mentioned in the previous article, it’s really important that both spouses have a handle on the family’s money situation. Again, this isn’t…

Most Michigan families have one spouse who deals with the family’s financial situation and one spouse who doesn’t. It’s pretty standard for most couples to have one person in charge of keeping track of the budget and paying the bills, while the other spouse relies on them to provide information about savings, budgetary changes, and…

Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about the issues people face (from a financial angel) after the divorce, and the best advice we can give you to avoid that is this: don’t wait until after the divorce before you start preparing for it. Don’t wait until you’re officially divorced to create…