When we get married we make a conscious decision to become entangled with our partner. As they say, we “tie the knot.” We move from being individuals to being a partnership. We entangle our personal lives, our finances and our assets and obligations. We may...
I spent a number of years serving as a board member for the school that my children attended. It was our practice to start off each meeting with a selected study for about 20 minutes or so, focused on either further educating our work as board members or seeking to...
Most couples faced with divorce find it to be an extremely daunting task. During a time of emotional crisis and strained levels of communication between spouses, you have to sort out such important issues as sharing and meeting the needs of the children, navigating...
One of the hardest things to come to terms with when getting divorced is that you will no longer be seeing your children every single day, sending them off into the world each morning, and tucking them snuggly into bed each evening. I previously wrote a blog...
One of the challenging puzzles involved in each divorce is figuring out the transitional and ongoing management of the finances of the family which initially involves covering the joint finances of the couple in one home then expands into the need to manage the...
It is quite common for retirement to be one of the most valuable assets held by divorcing couples. Any retirement interest accumulated from the date the couple marries, until the date they separate is considered community property and each spouse is entitled to...
