Divorce and Money : How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce (Divorce and Money) - Softcover

Violet Woodhouse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873378156 ISBN 13: 9780873378154

Publisher: Nolo, 2002

Synopsis

While divorce is rarely a simple affair, you can make splitting up less hazardous to your financial health. Give yourself a head start with Divorce & Money, the practical guide to evaluating and dividing assets during divorce.

Divorce & Money explains how to determine the real value of marital property—such as houses, businesses, retirement plans and investments—and how to negotiate a settlement. Step-by-step, the book shows you how to:

· decide whether to keep or sell the house

· protect yourself against misuse of joint accounts and credit cards

· avoid tax problems

· handle alimony and child support

· divide debts

· reduce risks to your investments

· avoid hasty decisions that could hurt you financially

· understand how a court evaluates assets and what they’re really worth

· gain financial stability as a single person

The 6th edition includes a new chapter on how to value stock options and insurance policies. It also provides revised worksheets, charts, formulas and tables.

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Review:

Anger and hurt tend to figure strongly in divorce, hand-in-hand with resentment, sadness, and fear about your future. And more often than not, these emotional woes all coalesce under the banner of money. Nolo Press is known for its thorough research and user-friendly approach to legal matters, and its book on Divorce and Money is up to its usual high standards of quality. "Think financially--act legally," the folks at Nolo say, and they explain how to do so, in detailed and practical terms, for joint accounts and hidden assets, gifts and insurance, alimony and retirement benefits, marital property and the IRS, net worth and what to do about the house. They also discuss where to seek professional help, how to keep proper records and assemble the facts, why the financial issues are so sticky, in what ways you're at risk, and how to reduce the stress and avoid the bad scenes, when possible. A life-saver of a reference book for when you're at your most vulnerable and disorganized, Divorce & Money offers practical and proactive advice to help you protect yourself and safeguard your financial future. --Stephanie Gold

From the Publisher:

All the information you need to split your assets, easily and fairly

About this edition

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0873378156
• ISBN 13: 9780873378154
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 304