Can Divorce Destroy Your Retirement? If you’re getting a divorce, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how it will impact your retirement — but it’s a valid concern. A study by the Insured Retirement Institute found that 24% of divorced baby boomers said they’d be worse off in retirement due to…
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A Guide to the Most Common Financial Issues of Divorce Divorce is stressful emotionally, mentally, physically, and yes, financially. During a divorce, you and your spouse will be forced to make and accept decisions that have a major impact on your current and future financial situation and security. Don’t go into them uneducated and alone.…
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Other Parent Not Returning Your Child on Time Child custody battles are rarely easy for couples enduring the divorce process, as both sides must usually compromise and agree to custody arrangements that are not ideal for either party. Of course, the needs and wishes of the children caught in divorce battles are paramount, so parents…
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After a marriage ends, what do you do with the ring? Jordana Horn was cleaning out her desk recently when she found a surprise buried in the back of a drawer: her wedding band from a previous marriage. Horn, a TODAY Parents contributor, divorced her first husband nearly a decade ago and has since remarried,…
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When it comes to divorce, not all assets are equal It might be the only thing the two sides in a divorce can easily agree on: it’s no fun. On top of the emotional toll, financial missteps during the process can leave you in far worse shape than you intended. And the more intertwined you and your…
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Before You Ask for a Child Support Modification Parents who struggle to pay child support—or who are owed outstanding child support payments—typically have valid questions around child support modification processes. For example, you may be wondering: Can child support be modified? If so, how? And under what circumstances? Does it matter which parent requests it? If you’re…
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