You may have spent years planning your retirement. Perhaps you and your husband or wife had already agreed when you would stop working, where you would live and how you would spend your time. Now you are considering divorce, and those plans suddenly feel uncertain....
If you are separating amicably, you may wonder whether full financial disclosure is really necessary. Perhaps you trust each other. You both know roughly what you own. You may even have already discussed how to divide the house, savings or pensions. So, do you still...
It is common for one person in a relationship to understand the finances better than the other. Perhaps your husband has always dealt with the mortgage. Maybe he has managed the pensions, investments or savings. You may know very little about how everything is...
If your husband has always dealt with the money, separation can feel particularly daunting. You may know roughly what comes in each month. Perhaps you also know what the mortgage costs. But you may never have dealt with the savings, pensions, investments or household...
If you have separated but can’t afford to live apart, you may not need to move into two homes immediately. Some couples remain under the same roof temporarily while they work out their finances. The important first step is to understand what each of you can afford and...