Dividing Your House in a Divorce Stuck paying for a house that’s no longer yours? Buying your spouse out of a property can be dicey, especially if both parties disagree with one another on the debt and equity objectives. So here are some ways to separate and pay off an ex-spouse when getting a mortgage.…
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How Divorce Can Impact Your Social Security Payments Divorce can have long-reaching financial consequences that can make it harder to ensure a stable retirement for yourself. The good news is that the Social Security Administration continues to acknowledge your relationship with your former spouse, even if you have striven to forget about it. Divorced partners…
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Promoting Shared Custody of Children After Divorce More than 20 states in 2017 considered laws to promote shared custody of children after divorce The every-other-weekend dad, born from two generations of soaring divorce rates, was once a conventional part of American culture. In recent years, more couples have been agreeing to parent after divorce as they did…
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How To Handle Financial Planning During A Divorce: 4 Steps Americans have been barraged for years about the failing institution of marriage and the soaring divorce rates. In reality, though, according to a 2014 New York Times article, “the divorce rate peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s and have been declining for the three…
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Headed for divorce court? Here are your top 5 financial musts The big financial decisions in life require both planning and, often, advice from professionals. However, people undergoing a divorce often go through the experience without either a safety net or an understanding of how much their lives will be affected by the decisions they…
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How Your Job Can Predict Whether Or Not You’ll Get Divorced These days, divorce is actually on the wane—2016 marked a nearly 40-year low in U.S. divorces—but whether or not you and your beloved spouse eventually part ways isn’t entirely up to fate. While individual relationships are all unique, statistically, there are demographic and other…
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