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The Theory of Relativity and your Divorce Decision-Making

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Humans tend to make decisions influenced heavily by relativity. We compare one option relative to another. You may decide a grande latte is a good deal relative to the cost of a tall latte. You may think a BMW including complete scheduled maintenance for 1 year is a better deal than a one year old [...]

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Financial Advisors as Architects of Decision Making

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

“Experience as financial advisors has taught us that truly meaningful and productive advisory relationships are created when we place ourselves as architects of the client’s financial decision-making process rather than as the judge and jury of the best and most-rational economic outcome.”
The quote above has been excerpted from most recent article in a series I [...]

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Eleven financial strategies to consider during your divorce

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

1)       IRS rule 72(t) allowing hardship withdrawals without the 10% penalty from 401(k) plans during divorce can help cash flow problems during dissolution proceedings;
2)       The Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision are federal Social Security rules that often unexpectedly reduce Social Security retirement benefits in divorce situations and may cause inequity;
3)       An apples to [...]

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – What does healthcare reform mean for Divorce?

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. The complete details are not yet known as many of the provisions require sweeping overhauls to the way medical insurance has been sold and administered in the United States. As is common in bills of such a large magnitude [...]

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Growing Need for ETHICAL Financial Advisers in Out-of-Court Divorces

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

I read an interesting article from Reuters today titled “Growing need for advisers in out-of-court divorces”. You can find it here. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6342J020100405 
 The general idea is that there is a growing need for Financial Advisers experienced in divorce to help individuals and couples navigating the difficult financial decisions necessary during the division of a marital estate. I [...]

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