24 Jul, 2023

Title Doesn’t Matter

By | July 24th, 2023|Divorce Agreements, Divorce Finance, Financial Planning|

In marriage, title doesn't matter. Titles to houses, cars, accounts and businesses can all get overridden by the statute and court system in a divorce.   I often do consultations where people say things like, “I'm married, but we keep everything separate.” They operate under the assumption that, because each party has assets in their own name, it’s separate property under the law. They think that the default in a marriage tips to individual title, and that the only things that are jointly (more...)

19 May, 2023

Spouse or Competitor

By | May 19th, 2023|Collaborative Divorce, Divorce & Personality Disorder, Divorce Finance, Separation Agreements|

Over my career, I’ve seen many cases in which the parties act more like top-tier competitors as opposed to loving spouses and partners. This almost always causes one of them to feel badly about the relationship because they can’t help but compare their “worth” to their partner’s. They may feel like they’re always outwitted and somehow beaten by them.  Usually, dynamics like these involve two highly skilled and highly successful professionals. For example: A couple was running a medical practice together, and (more...)

12 May, 2022

It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Fat Lady Sings

By | May 12th, 2022|Divorce and Children, Divorce Finance, Divorce Mediation Process, Separation Agreements|

A basic tenet of “fight or flight” is that when people are in an extreme state of anxiety, they’ll do nearly anything to relieve that immediate pressure and discomfort to get themselves to a more bearable state. This describes what divorced people go through quite well. People crave resolution and a path forward. There’s this hope that when you finally enter an agreement, everyone will be able to breathe a sigh of relief.  (more…)

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