With examples drawn from real-life cases, Getting Divorced Without Ruining Your Life explains how to protect one's own interests and negotiate a stress-free, enduring agreement that allows both partners to embark on a new life.
When you're going through divorce, you have to make an overwhelming number of financial decisions. Should you sell the house? What happens to retirement benefits? How will you handle taxes?
Full of sensitive and practical advice, Divorce & Money guides you through the process of making these important decisions. It covers how to:
gain financial stability as a single person
The 8th edition provides the latest tax figures and data, plus expanded coverage of debts and bankrutpcy.
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"When you're going through divorce, you have to make an overwhelming number of financial decisions. Should you sell the house? What happens to retirement benefits? How will you handle taxes? Full of sensitive and practical advice, Divorce & Money guides you through the process of making these important decisions. It covers how to: determine the real value of the house, investments and other property divide debts set alimony and child support negotiate a settlement that's fair to both of you Bursting with practical strategies for surviving a divorce without going broke, the brand new 6th edition provides worksheets, charts, formulas and tables. It also includes new information on how to divide benefits like stock options and cafeteria plans. "
Customer Reviews:
Take it from me, this is the best book.......2006-02-22
All the dueling reviews below would have you wonder about the quality of both "Divorce and Money" books, so as an experiment I got both. It's pretty clear that this book (Nolo's) is the better one, hands down. The difference was evident in just minutes. Everything's presented in easy to read verbiage, the charts are easy to use, and the forms and checklists were really handy. Helped me and my ex make the split easier than I expected, frankly. Thank you for this book!!
My new favorite book!.......2004-07-13
Okay I might be exagerating but I did love this book. A friend recommended it after my husband and I decide to "part ways." I accidently picked up the other book with the same title and was not so thrilled with all the Get A Attorney advice, but then I realized my mistake and got this version -- it's SO helpful. It almost took me by the hand and showed me how to be less emotional than I would be when making decisions affecting how to split our property and bills up, and how to figure out child support.
My eyes glazed over.........FELT LIKE I WAS IN LATIN CLASS!!.......2004-03-03
Read both books and all the reviews of 2 books with basically the same name and if you want more information in a MUCH MORE user friendly, readable (in English) format at 1/2 the price buy the other book by Smith, Divorce and Money Everything you need to know. I read a review that the Smith book just wants you to hire expensive lawyers. NOTHING could be further from the truth. No matter what, you need a lawyer and this book tells you the same thing. It doesn't mean you have to be stupid! As a normal, middle class guy with a college education and MY OWN BUSINESS this book makes you feel like you are in Latin Class again. Do your self a favor and not only buy Smith's book on Money get her book on Children.......you will save lots of time and stress.
For my money, a better bet is............2004-03-03
....a newer book, "Divorce and Money: Eveything you need to Know," by attorney Gayle Rosenwald Smith. The newer book even has its own website, www.divorceandmoneybook.com, which allowed me to peruse the contents, view a video clip of the author on CBS, and check her calendar to see if she would be appearing at a book store near me. Well she was, and I got to talk to her in person, which was great! She's so knowledgeable and empathetic; her very human tone comes through in every page of her book. Gayle's book lists at $14.95 (but I got it for less!) vs. $24.50 for the other book. At a time like this, I need to hang onto every penny I've got. I'm really glad I bought Gayle's book, the information was up-to-date, thorough and invaluable. Why pay almost $10 more for an older book?
The best book available.......2004-01-30
Recently saw another book with this same title at the bookstore, so I picked up both. Of the two, the Nolo book was so much more helpful -- it assumes you want to handle most of the details yourself, and avoid lawyers, whereas the other kept talking about how to choose a lawyer (an expensive, time-wasting lawyer).
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A straightforward and practical reference for the complicated tax and financial topics of divorce
Professionals specializing in the field must understand the financial and tax aspects of divorce in more detail than ever before-and the issues are more complicated than ever before. The J.K. Lasser Pro Guide to Tax and Financial Issues in Divorce is designed to arm professionals with the information they need to best serve their clients in dealing with the complex finances of divorce. Practical and accessible enough for nonprofessionals, the book also helps those worrying over their own divorce understand the topics they must deal with. Examples, guidelines, forms, tools, and checklists complement expert discussion of these issues and more:
- Valuing interests in closely held companies
- Finding the right lawyer and accountant for your divorce
- Negotiating the settlement
- Tax implications
- Research and investigation in the discovery phase
- Subpoenas and requests for documentation
- Marital versus nonmarital property
- Analyzing and determining one's true economic income
- Alimony and other maintenance payments
- Dissipation
- Mediation and collaborative law for divorce
Please visit our Web site at www.jklasser.com
Customer Reviews:
Largely business valuation, with typos.......2002-09-24
Nearly half this book is devoted to valuation of businesses for divorce purposes. If you or your spouse don't own a business, you may be better off with a different guide to divorce finance and taxes. Why spend money on book you'll only use half of?
This book is clearly designed for accountants and tax attorneys. While a layperson might find some of the checklists and so on helpful, there is also a lot of verbiage about sections of the tax code, and terminology a layperson would need to look up in the glossary. (Extra star for having a glossary, though!) I think there is a limit to how much a topic like this can be "simplified" --- it is irreducibly complex.
I was dismayed to see the number of editing errors in the book, especially given the high list price. Some of them are merely annoying, such as missing words or wrong word forms that make a sentence ungrammatical. However, some errors affect the content. In one paragraph about retirement plans, the first sentence was about "defined contribution plans"; the next sentence also started with "defined contribution plans" when it should have said "defined benefit plans". Someone who didn't already know better could be led astray by this error.
My advice: be forewarned that this book is highly technical, and buy it used unless you are a divorce professional who can write off the expense.
My rating: 3 stars, plus an extra star for the glossary
Innovative.......2002-03-04
This book was very direct and practical. I found the easy-to-follow tools, checklists, work programs, flow charts, forms to be very helpful. This book makes me feel much more confident to help my clients.
Comprehensive, Clear, Coverage.......2002-02-27
As a financial consultant with many clients who are going through or just been through a divorce, it is extremely important to have a reference book that provides complete information on all of the complex issues relating to this subject. This book does all of this and more. Not only do I intend to keep a copy in my office for reference, but I think this book provides such good information in easy to understand language that I intend to recommend it to my clients too. An excellent resource.
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The Financial Guide to Divorce Settlement
Carol Ann Wilson
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Whether you're going through a divorce or advising clients who are the financial implications and consequences can be significant. This must-have guide advises all involved parties how to "Get it all" and go through the process with the greatest amount of confidence, and least amount of emotional distress.
You'll find everything needed to plan for a divorce no matter which angle you are looking at the settlement from. Whether you are the wife, the husband - or the advisor in the middle - Wilson's "survival manual" addresses all the key issues, including
- division of assets
- premature interruption of long-term investment strategies
- economic issues in the aftermath of divorce
- property valuation, spousal and child support, debt, taxation and all the complex emotional factors these discussions prompt.
Don't start divorce proceedings for you or your clients without reading this powerful new handbook.
Divorce is an emotional and an economic event, affecting the lives of everyone involved. It can have serious financial consequences that will dramatically alter your or your clients lifestyle. Both those ending a marriage - and the financial advisors who counsel them - need to know the financial and legal consequences that terminating a relationship may create. And now, certified financial planner Carol Ann Wilson's readable new book presents all the major issues that should be considered during the final stages of a marriage.
Wilson starts out by viewing divorce from all perspectives, offering both the wife's and the husband's point of view, and detailing the roles played by financial advisors and attorneys.
In-depth, understandable chapters also cover important issues, including
- Property valuations and Settlements
- Dividing the house
- Pensions - his, hers, or theirs
- Child support, alimony and other types of maintenance support - and the tax implications to all parties involved
- On-going insurance coverage
- Social Security benefits
- Debt, credit and bankruptcy- how to manage and separate
Plus ... Wilson addresses the mediation process head-on, with case studies that illustrate how it often turns terribly wrong - and common-sense ways to avoid that painful course.
Also provided is a complete overview of divorce procedures from knowing how and where to find information about the divorce laws in different areas, to what to expect as the difficult process begins and how to get through it all with dignity and finances intact.
Financial advisors will find complete coverage of the unique issues they need to confront, including:
- How to work with lawyers
- How to serve as an expert witness in court
- Your role if the client is the wife - or the husband
Wilson even provides a checklist detailing all the documents participants need to gather for financial advisors and attorneys, and a complete resource section referencing other books on divorce, mediation associations, and more. Divorce is such a delicate and difficult experience for everyone involved - whether you are going through the divorce yourself, or trying to counsel someone who is. Armed with this book, advisors will better be able to assist their clients. And those ending a marriage will be able to start their journey being well informed and on their way to the most rewarding financial settlements available.
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The Financial Advisor's Guide to Divorce Settlement: Helping Your Clients Make Sound Financial Decisions (Irwin/Iafp Series in Financial Planning)
Carol Ann Wilson
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Divorce is both an emotional event and an economic event, forever affecting the finances of both memebers of a former economic unit. central divorce are issues of property division, child custody and support, as well as spousal support. These issues are made even more complex as a result of tax and regulatory issues, premature interruption of long-term strategies, varied and perplexing financial product features, and emotions. With divorce continuing to divide half of all marriages, financial advisors must understand the issues surrounding divorce to help clients reduce the financial devastation often created by this common event. The Financial Advisor's Guide to Divorce Settlement includes: Guidelines to help the financial advisor assist clients with decisions; Considerations of legal and ethical issues facing the financial advisor; Discussion of economic issues in the aftermath of divorce; Coverage of property valuation, spousal and child support, and issues relating to debt.
Customer Reviews:
Good Guidance for a divorce settlement.......2001-12-30
I found this book very helpful in understanding the issues and 'gotchas' to the financial aspects of a divorce settlement. I followed much of the advice given and it really helped me create a fair settlement through a difficult and messy divorce. I'm three years post divorce now and still feel very positive about the results.
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Divorce is a painful fact of life in the United States, Since marriage dissolution is an everyday event, any way that the process can be made easier is of great interest to attorneys who practice in this area. This book will help shorten the divorce process,
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It's your divorce, do it your way! Use this comprehensive, step-by-step planning guide to design a creative financial divorce that best suits you and your family. Written in plain English, this book will show you how to plan and manage your divorce while saving money and your family's dignity.
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It's a great book........1998-04-16
I read this book about divorce strategies. It's a great book. I think my clients will benefit from Divorce Strategy and will recommend it at initial interviews of future clients.
Robert Feder, Esquire
Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis
Philadelphia, PA
Editor, Valuation Strategies in Divorce
Exhaustively covers most conceivable divorce scenarios........1998-02-10
First word that comes to mind, methodical. Black and white, step by step, no nonsense directions for navigating one of life's more difficult decisions. Twelve chapters exhaustively cover most conceivable divorce scenarios.
There are seven appendixes, a glossary and index. The breadth of information is astounding. All of it is presented in easy to read, easy to understand words that amount to indispensable resource tools.
At a time when you may feel beset by strong winds, Divorce Strategy will be the anchor that keeps you in calm waters.
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"Must" reading for anyone contemplating...divorce.......1997-12-07
Laura Johnson's Divorce Strategy: Tactics for a Civil Financial Divorce takes the reader through a financial divorce and the legal system by which it is accomplished. Readers will learn about divorce, divorce lawyers, and courts from an expert. Divorce Strategy offers its readers specific, proven techniques and ideas to help them plan and manage their divorce.
By following the suggestions encompassed in Divorce Strategy, a divorcing person will be able to take a more assertive and informed approach to their divorce, knowing what questions to ask to get the answers they need to make good decisions.
Divorce Strategy is "must" reading for anyone contemplating, or currently going through, the process of divorce.
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review, Law/Justice Bookshelf
October 1997
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