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Dating While Gray™(Encore) Romance and MoneyLaura talks with Shawn Leamon, a financial expert who usually explores money from an uncoupling point of view. Shawn offers tips and advice to Laura's other guests: Ginny, who's been so financially burned that she literally can't afford to be vulnerable; Sue, who's finding trouble meeting someone whom she considers her financial equal; and Barry, who blames his debt-free but modest lifestyle for his lackluster love life.
2024-08-0832 min
How To Ride A Roller CoasterThe Process of Marketing - with Shawn Leamon of LaGrande MarketingIn this episode of How To Ride A Roller Coaster, David Ezell sits down with businessman, ultra-endurance athlete and founder, Shawn Leamon. Shawn is the founder of LaGrande Marketing, which specializes in digital marketing for law firms.
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2023-04-0729 min
Sisters Cracking UpThe Dollars and Sense of Divorce with Shawn LeamonIt's a tough swallow, but divorce always comes down to two things: kids and money. And if the kids are grown or there are none, it's all about the dough. So, what do you need to know about your financials in order to move smartly through your divorce and end up with the best possible financial outcome? Cue Shawn Leamon because he's just the guy we need to advise us on all matters of divorce financials. We loved his straightforward, no-nonsense approach and so will you. Shawn Leamon is an MBA, Certified Divorce...
2022-01-261h 05
Divorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce PodcastHow to Get Divorce HelpPodcast episodes are coming less frequently, but I am still here to help you. Book a one-on-one coaching call: https://divorceandyourmoney.com/coaching/ Get ALL the podcast episodes in the Quick Start Guide here Get the book Divorce and Your Money: How to Avoid Costly Divorce Mistakes on Amazon
2021-11-1902 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0232: How Does Spousal Support Work? - Part 20232: How Does Spousal Support Work? - Part 2 Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. In this episode, we are continuing the series on spousal support/alimony, whatever name you want to call it. And the importance of this episode is to cover the different types of spousal support or alimony available. I'm going to go through five different types, temporary support, permanent support, rehabilitative support, lump sum, and partial lump-sum support. So, let's jump in. Let's start with temporary support. Temporary support, g...
2021-10-2714 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0231: How Does Spousal Support Work? - Part 1Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. All right. Today, I want to talk about a very basic and essential topic that is worth your understanding and understanding the nuances of it, and that is spousal support. And when I talk about spousal support, I also mean alimony in there as well. Spousal support or alimony is the same term used interchangeably. Sometimes I'll refer to it as spousal support, sometimes I might say alimony, but know that they are the exact same thing. There's a l...
2021-10-0615 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0230: A Restraining Order to Protect Your Money in Divorce (Automatic Temporary Restraining Order)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Almost half the people I talk to on a given day or week have yet to file for divorce. And they are in the planning phases and are trying to figure out their options. Now, I'm never an advocate for divorce, but there's one situation in which I encourage people to file sooner over later. And the reason is because, when you file for divorce, you generally have additional protections when it comes to financial decisions that are made...
2021-08-0313 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0229: What Date Do You Value Assets in Divorce?Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. A question that's been coming up quite a bit is what day or what month do I use to value all of my stuff? What day do I pick to value the house, value the retirement account, use what numbers in the bank account? Is it June of this year? Is it April of last year? Is it when I filed for divorce? And or is it when the trial date is coming up? What day do I use t...
2021-07-1913 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0228: How Do You Keep Separate Property Separate? (Or Prove Separate Property is Actually Marital Property?)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. It's been a few months since I recorded a new episode and not because I haven't been working, but because been working a little too much and got behind on the podcast episode. So apologies for that. Thank you to all 0f the people who I've been speaking to over the past several weeks and months, there've been lots and lots of good questions and, and coaching calls coming in. And I want to get back in helping educate you on...
2021-05-1917 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0227: Infidelity, Divorce, and How to Prepare - Interview with Dr. Marie Murphy, Relationship Coach0227 - Infidelity, Divorce, and How to Prepare - Interview with Dr. Marie Murphy, Relationship Coach In this episode, we have an interview with Dr. Marie Murphy, Relationship Coach, and Host of Your Secret is Safe With Me podcast, a non-judgmental talk about infidelity. Learn more aboutMarien here: https://www.mariemurphyphd.com/about. Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Dr. Marie Murphy: Hi, everyone. I'm Dr. Marie Murphy. This podcast is all about expanding the conversation around infidelity. I'm a relationship coach and I sp...
2021-02-1654 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0226: All About Divorce Mediation with Monica Mazzei, Mediator & Family Law Attorney in CaliforniaIn this episode, we interview Monica Mazzei, a top family law attorney in California with almost 20 years of experience. She will give us the ins and outs of mediation - and how it can be a great tool to resolve even the most complex divorces. To reach Monica directly, here is her contact information: Monica Mazzei Sideman & Bancroft 415.392.1960 mmazzei@sideman.com https://www.sideman.com/professionals/monica-mazzei/ San Francisco, CA Find the full transcript of the episode below. Shawn Le...
2021-01-1833 min
Your Secret Is Safe With Me19. Divorce and Your Money with Shawn LeamonThere is a whole mess of social pressures around considering divorce: what will your family and friends think? What will a separation do to your kids? How will you be viewed in social and professional spaces after getting divorced? But, what about the financial considerations? What happens if you and your partner are both in agreement that a separation would be best, but you don't think you can afford to make it happen? This is where a financial analyst comes in handy. They can help you make the best decisions depending on your financial situation, so you...
2021-01-1449 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0225: Understanding Commingling In Divorce - And How to Protect YourselfVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. In this episode, I want to discuss an important term called co-mingling. That is the process in which you can inadvertently make separate property, marital property. Co-mingling is a very important term when it comes to divorce, and I'm going to use an example of an inheritance because it's a very common example. Let's just say you receive an inheritance from your mom, I'm just going to make it up, and let's just say you re...
2020-12-2717 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0224: How to Handle Inheritances and Gifts in DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. It's been a little while since I have done an episode and it's been a very busy couple of months, so apologies about that. But I want to discuss a topic that's been coming up quite a bit in the coaching calls. And that is how you handle inheritances and gifts during a divorce. It's a tricky question. And it's an important question because oftentimes your parents, or someone, will leave you a substantial sum an...
2020-12-0315 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0223: How Much Will Divorce Cost? (Answer: It Can Be Expensive!)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. One of the most common questions I get, and one of the biggest anxiety producing questions I get, is how much is divorce going to cost? How much should I expect to spend on the divorce process? And if you're going to ask your attorney how much divorce is going to cost, they're going to say it depends. And I've never known an attorney to give a straight answer when it comes to the cost of divorce. And so i...
2020-09-2114 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0222: Divorce Funding with Nicole Noonan, CEO of New Chapter Capital, Inc.To get in touch with Nicole Noonan, visit newchaptercapital.com or call (212) 404-7807. Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Shawn Leamon: All right. Today we have Nicole Noonan. She is the CEO of New Chapter Capital, which is a firm that deals with a topic we haven't covered in a while, but a very important one, which is divorce funding. Nicole, welcome to the show. Nicole Noonan: Thanks so much. Happy to be here. Yeah. Shawn Leamon: Why don't you tell us what...
2020-08-1119 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0221: Why You Don’t Want the Most “Aggressive” Divorce AttorneyVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. One of the challenges of picking a divorce attorney is finding the right type of attorney or type of personality of an attorney to work with you and for you during the divorce process. There can be a lot of different styles of attorney. Sometimes you want an attorney that is more there towards working towards a resolution and won't run up your bill, but you also want an attorney who is going to advocate for you and fight for you.
2020-07-2613 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0220: Do You Need A Divorce Attorney?Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. In this episode and the next several episodes, I want to discuss divorce attorneys, and family law attorneys, and the details and choices amongst them. And how you can figure out whether or not you have a good attorney, how to find a good attorney to make sure your attorney is fighting for and advocating for you and the complexities of the attorney selection and just relationship management process. I'm a huge fan of divorce attorneys and having them help represent...
2020-06-2016 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0219: How to Conserve Cash & Save Money During The PandemicEP 0219: How to Conserve Cash & Save Money During The Pandemic Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. In this episode, I want to discuss preparing your finances during a recession and how to conserve as much cash and capital you can during this time period. It's not purely a divorce topic, but it has some general financial discussions in here. And there's some things I want you to think about. As I'm recording this, there's something like almost 30 million American adults out of work. Th...
2020-05-2316 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0218: A Simple Breathing Techniques to Manage StressVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. This week, I want to cover a slightly different type of episode. How can you manage stress the instant you are experiencing it? Oftentimes life can feel overwhelming, and finding ways to manage all of those feelings without shutting down is essential to our well-being. Here’s a technique that I find helpful and in fact, use frequently to manage stress – it’s very simple. It’s a deep breathing technique where you count to 10. What do I...
2020-05-0107 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0217: Divorce, Custody & Support Tips during COVID-19Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. In this episode, I want to do a more timely addition of the Divorce and Your Money episode. As you know, clearly if you're listening to this that there is a big virus going around and businesses are closed. Courts are closed to most extent. And a lot has changed in the span of just a few weeks. And depending upon where you are, the severity has changed quite a bit. But, many life-altering changes, and I wanted to discuss its...
2020-03-3120 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0216: Divorce Mediation: Interview with Susan Guthrie, Family Law Attorney, Mediator, and Host of Divorce & Beyond Podcast In this episode, we have an interview with Susan Guthrie - Family Law Attorney, Mediator, and Host of Divorce & Beyond Podcast. Learn more about Susan here: https://divorceinabetterway.com/. Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Shawn: In the beginning of the process, as you're doing your research, one of the most important things you can do is figure out what are your options and what are the best ways to proceed during the divorce process. And know that the traditional method of divorce l...
2020-03-0136 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0215: Top 10 Must-Follow Divorce Tips - Part 3Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. In this episode, we're continuing the series on the top 10 divorce tips, and I want to go through tips number seven through 10. In the previous two episodes, I went through one through six, and now we're going to go through the last four. Tip number seven is keep your spouse from spying on you. What do I mean by this? Well, one of the things that's really important, whether you're planning for divorce or going through divorce is, or...
2020-02-1712 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0214: Top 10 Must-Follow Divorce Tips - Part 2Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. In this episode, we're continuing the series on my top 10 divorce tips, and I want to just jump in to the next ones. Tip number four, so if you didn't hear the previous episode, I gave tips one through three. Number four is keep the big picture in mind. If you know or ever heard of Yogi Berra, he has a funny quote that I like that says, "If you don't know where you're going, you're going to end up someplace...
2020-02-0317 min
The Divorce and Beyond® Podcast with Susan Guthrie, Esq."Divorce and Your Money: Insider Advice on Protecting Your Finances in Divorce with the Host of the #1 Divorce Finance Podcast, Shawn Leamon" on The Divorce & Beyond Podcast #107In this episode, Susan Guthrie, top family law attorney and mediator, and the former host of Breaking Free: A Modern Divorce Podcast, chats with MBA, Author and the Host of the #1 Divorce Finance Podcast, Shawn Leamon to bring you his insider tips and advice for protecting your money and finances in divorce.
There are very few topics in divorce that raise more fear than MONEY. The minute divorce looms on the horizon, people start to worry about who will get what, who will have to pay what and how they will be able to live financially once th...
2020-01-2738 min
The Divorce and Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie, Esq."Divorce and Your Money: Insider Advice on Protecting Your Finances in Divorce with the Host of the #1 Divorce Finance Podcast, Shawn Leamon" on The Divorce & Beyond Podcast #107In this episode, Susan Guthrie, top family law attorney and mediator, and the former host of Breaking Free: A Modern Divorce Podcast, chats with MBA, Author and the Host of the #1 Divorce Finance Podcast, Shawn Leamon to bring you his insider tips and advice for protecting your money and finances in divorce.
There are very few topics in divorce that raise more fear than MONEY. The minute divorce looms on the horizon, people start to worry about who will get what, who will have to pay what and how they will be able to live financially once th...
2020-01-2738 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0213: Top 10 Must-Follow Divorce Tips - Part 1Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. In this episode and the next couple of episodes, I want to get into the top 10 must follow divorce tips. I want to cover a bunch of different areas quickly so that you can... If you only have to focus on 10 things, these are the 10 items to focus on. And I'm going to cover them and get into them, and in this episode I want to cover three areas of the top 10 in particular. The first...
2020-01-1217 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0212: [New Book!] How to Avoid Costly Divorce Mistakes in 2020Get the new book here: https://divorceandyourmoney.com/book/ Avoid Costly Divorce Mistakes Ending a marriage may be the most challenging life event you will ever face. Whether you’re contemplating divorce or in the middle of one right now, you need to be prepared to face the tough questions: What’s going to happen to your lifestyle, money, and retirement? What pitfalls should you avoid, and what steps do you need to take to move forward? How do you protect your family, your children, and your future? If you’re overwhelmed by the pr...
2020-01-0210 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0211: Guide to Handling Debt in DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. In this episode, I want to focus on discussing the ins and outs of debt. It's a very controversial, and frustrating, and challenging issue that can pop up during divorce. I haven't covered it in a while, so I want to make sure that you understand the essential items when it comes to how to deal with and split debt in divorce and provide some tips so that you can make the right decisions a...
2019-11-1017 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0210: How to Keep Separate Property Separate (and Know if Separate property is Actually Marital)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. One of the challenges in divorce is making sure that separate property stays separate. And it could be the case that you're trying to prove what's being claimed as separate property is actually marital property. Now it's a bit of an advanced topic, but an important one, and just a reminder, and I said this in the previous episode, if something is marital property, it means you have to split the value of it b...
2019-10-2714 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0209: Why “Tracing” is Important to Determine Separate & Marital PropertyVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. In divorce, one of the big questions is whether something is separate property or marital property. If it's separate property, than the person who had it before divorce keeps it. And if it's marital property, the value needs to be split amongst the people divorcing. And so, one of the questions that we deal with a lot and I help people navigate is how do prove whether something is separate property or marital property. A...
2019-10-1418 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0208: How To Finalize Your Divorce Before Year End (Even If You Haven't Filed Yet!)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Shawn Leamon: As I record this episode, there are about four months left in the year, and you may be at a time crunch trying to wrap things up before year end. I want to give you some tips on how you might be able to do that, regardless of where you are in the divorce process. Some of you might not have even filed, I've talked to a few of you who are t...
2019-09-1216 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0207: How Life Insurance Works in DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. One of the questions that comes up often that is a source of confusion, is how does life insurance work during the divorce process and actually afterwards. I want to take some time and clarify how it could work and how it might apply to you. I'm going to start with how it works during the divorce process. Then also talk about the role after the divorce process because it's not always intuitive and i...
2019-08-2518 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0206: Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately?Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. As anyone who listens to the show regularly knows, there's a lot of different moving parts to be thinking about as you go through the divorce process. Sometimes there are some things that are less obvious that you may want to consider as you are filing for divorce, living your life and just doing some of the normal financial things that you should be doing. One of the questions that comes up, only on o...
2019-08-0514 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0205: Understand Every Word of Your Legal DocumentsVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. As you go through the divorce process, one of the most important things that you can do that's easy to overlook is really understanding all of your legal documentation and reading it. Even though most of you going through divorce aren't lawyers, you should be able to read and understand the legal documents that are getting passed back and forth and that ultimately you'll sign as part of a settlement or if you got a temporary...
2019-07-1119 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0204: How to Fire Your AttorneyVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. There may come a point where you need to fire your divorce attorney. And I want to talk about how you do that, what the mechanics are and some things to keep in mind. Now before you fire your divorce attorney, that's what we call a last step in the process. Not the first thing that you need to do. It might be something, if your relationship with your attorney is not going well t...
2019-06-1017 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0203: How to Stop Your Spouse from Wasting Your Marital MoneyVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. One important topic that comes up on calls is how do I stop my spouse from spending all our money? Now, this question comes in many flavors. It could be frivolous purchases, vacations, money spent on an affair. I've heard people spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on prostitutes. Sometimes there's just a spouse that's terrible with money, and one spouse likes to go shopping, or might even quit their job and just spend a...
2019-05-2914 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0202: What Is a Safe Withdrawal Rate from Your Savings & Investments?Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, I want to discuss a question that came up recently, and it's a subject that while not exactly a specific divorce topic, it's very important when you think about planning for your financial situation, and has a big impact on how you think about budgeting and finances in general. It can impact what you think about agreeing upon a...
2019-05-0518 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0201: The Custody Lawyer Interview with Janet McCullar & Shawn LeamonVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. To learn more about Janet McCullar and the custody process, visit her website at: https://janetmccullar.com/. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. Shawn Leamon: Shawn Leamon, here, M.B.A. and certified divorce financial analyst, here with Janet McCullar, board-certified family law attorney in Texas and author of the new book The Custody Lawyer. Janet, it's great to speak with you...
2019-04-1523 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0200: Why You Should Create a Marital History - Part 2Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, I wanna continue discussing creating a marital history. Now, if you didn't hear the previous episode, you should go back and listen to that one because it has a lot of good information about the overview on why you should create a marital history, and some important questions you should be...
2019-04-0116 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0199: Why You Should Create a Marital History - Part 1Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. I'm going to discuss a topic that I haven't brought up on the podcast before. And that is creating a marital history. Now, this is something that I've talked about on one-on-one coaching calls, but not something that I've brought up on the podcast and I think it's a really important subject that everyone should listen to. And perhaps, ev...
2019-03-2420 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0198: When Should You File for Divorce?Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. When you think about divorce, it is indeed a process, and as part of that, I get to work with you through all stages of the process. Sometimes it's months or years before you file, and you're trying to figure out the key items. Other times during the divorce, you're trying to figure out what path makes the most se...
2019-02-2418 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0197: Why is My Attorney Not Fighting for Me?Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. As part of my job, just about every day I work with attorneys all across the country. And I wanna communicate as often as I can important lessons I learn from working with them, the good, the bad, the ugly. Since I get to see so many styles, and cases, and jurisdictions, is kind of telling you what's normal, or what to look...
2019-02-1719 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0196: Why You MUST Know Your Judge before Going to Divorce CourtVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. This may be the one of the most important episodes that I've ever recorded. I spent a good chunk of my time in December at a conference for lawyers and a lot of the top family lawyers in the United States were there. And one evening we all went out to dinner and we spent three or four hours to...
2019-01-2219 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0195: Shawn Leamon Interview with Attorney Christian Denmon, Florida Family Law AttorneyVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. Chris: Hey everybody, it’s Chris Denmon with Denmon and Pearlman out of St. Petersburg, Florida and today I’m with Shawn Leamon. Did I pronounce that right Sean?Shawn: You got it right.Chris: All right. Shawn Leamon, who is a certified divorce financial analyst and the host of a podcast which is Divorce and Your Money. Which is how...
2019-01-1521 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0194: Know Where You're Going in Your DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Shawn Leamon: I want to start this episode off with a quote from Yogi Berra, in which he says, “If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up someplace else.” I think that's a good theme, particularly as we're starting the year, and thinking about the divorce process, or regardless of where you are. I want to discuss a little bit about setting goals. Shawn Leamon: It's the beginning of 2019, at least...
2019-01-0817 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0193: Understanding Divorce Settlement Negotiation TradeoffsVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. When negotiating a divorce settlement, you need to understand what trade-offs you're making, and make sure that you're keeping the big picture in mind. When it comes to your assets, and the debts that you have in your financial life and your marriage, they are what they are. When you're thinking about your divorce settlement and your future, your go...
2018-12-0518 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0192: How to Handle Stock Options During DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. A subject that's been coming up a lot recently in coaching calls is stock options, and many of you have them and you may not realize it, or you do know they exist, but you're trying to figure out what you should do with stock options. And stock options are actually a pretty complicated subject. They're one of the mo...
2018-11-2723 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0191: How to Refinance Your House in DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode I want to discuss refinancing the house in the divorce process and some considerations that you need to be thinking about as part of this process. Now, whether you're the person who's going to be keeping my house or if you're the person giving it up, there's going to be some information in here that is go...
2018-11-0622 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0190: How to Get Access to Your Financial Information in DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. Most of the information on this podcast is focused on leveling the playing field in divorce and making sure that if you aren't the person who was in control of the finances, that you make sure that you're able to get the information you need so you can create and structure a reasonable settlement for the rest of your life and ultimately, to...
2018-10-2623 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0189: How to Use Mediation to Resolve Your DivorceVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode I want to discuss mediation. It's a topic that I haven't talked about in a little while, and mediation is very important for many of you. You end up hearing your attorney talking about mediation, or you end up going for it, or you're preparing for mediation, or you've just heard about it and you want to...
2018-10-1618 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0188: How to Divorce a Narcissist - and Win (or at least Survive)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, we're going to discuss how to divorce a narcissist and when, or I should say at least survive the divorce process, and really come in in one piece, and come through this situation in the best position possible given a particularly difficult spouse to handle during the divorce process. The reason I bring this topic up, I...
2018-10-0331 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0187: How to Pick a Divorce Attorney if You Don't Know AnyoneVisit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. How do you pick a divorce attorney if you don't know anyone? A lot of people just guess, they'll search online, type in “divorce attorney near me”, and that's the attorney you pick. Well I don't think that's necessarily the best option. I wanna give you some guiding principles in terms of how you can pick a good divorce attorn...
2018-09-2613 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0186: Can Do-It-Yourself (Pro-Se) Divorce Work?Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, I want to discuss do it yourself divorce and specifically whether or not it can work. Do it yourself divorce, just to make sure we're all on the same page, means not having an attorney represent you or your spouse during the divorce process. Basically, the two of you decide to work out all of the is...
2018-09-1219 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0185: Signs You Have a Good Divorce AttorneyOne of Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. The most important decisions you can make, during the divorce process is, choosing a good attorney, and having a good attorney work for you and on behalf of you. One of the main questions I get with a lot of people is, is my attorney doing a good job? I have the fortune of working with attorneys, fa...
2018-08-2922 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0184: The Major Tax Change to Alimony Coming in December (Everyone Needs to Hear This!)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, we're talking about a major tax change to alimony coming in December. And I wanna go through what's happening, what you need to know, and how you need to plan for it. And why this could apply to your divorce if you are thinking about getting divorced this year. So at the end of 2017, the Tax Cuts and Job Act...
2018-08-0722 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0183: What happens after signing a divorce settlement? (Part 2)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, we're trying to answer the question, what happens after you sign a divorce settlement, because the conception is that the divorce is over, but that's not true. There's still, unfortunately, a lot of work that needs to be done even after you have signed the divorce settlement. Because of that, I want to give you a sense of some of the things you need to be t...
2018-07-3121 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0182: What happens after signing a divorce settlement? (Part 1)Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, I want to discuss what happens after you sign a divorce settlement. The past month has been one of the busiest I've had in a while and the end of the year is looking to continue down that path. You know, as I've mentioned on a previous episode, the tax laws regarding alimony in divorce change in six months, and so that's creating a lot...
2018-07-1717 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0181: The Most Important Financial Document - The Balance Sheet, Part 2Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In the previous episode I gave you a high level overview of a balance sheet and if you haven't listened to that episode, be sure to go back and hear it because the balance sheet is one of the most important documents that exists in divorce, so I want to make sure that you get it and you understand th...
2018-06-2719 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0180: The Most Important Financial Document - The Balance Sheet, Part 1Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the United States and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. We're almost 200 episodes into the Divorce and Your Money show. There's a lot that I've covered, but there's still a handful of topics that I haven't gotten a lot of depth on. Sometimes you might notice that there's a little bit of a gap between recordings, and that's actually just simply because I'm working with you. So sometimes, particularly on busy weeks...
2018-06-1416 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0179: How to Build Your Credit in Divorce Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the United States and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. Depending upon your situation, you may be in a position where you don't have much credit. And what is credit? Credit is, at least in this country, it's a concept that ... it determines whether or not, or how trustworthy you are in terms of receiving a loan, and a loan could mean many things. A loan could be something like an actual credit card, a loan could be...
2018-05-1720 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0178: High-Paying Post-Divorce Jobs that Require Little or No Experience Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode I'm going to discuss an important topic that I don't hear discussed very often. We're covering what jobs can you get when you have limited experience in the workforce. The reason I bring this topic up is because I have had a lot of discussion about this subject on coaching calls for the last few months and I think that it would be very helpful to...
2018-05-0223 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0177: Downsides of Mediation in Divorce Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the United States and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In this episode, I'd like to discuss mediation. It's something like 95% of divorces, roughly, depending upon the statistic that you read, are settled out of court. Mediation is one of several ways you can settle divorce out of court. Now, you can do what's called a do-it-yourself divorce, which means you and your spouse just work everything out yourself, you prepare the papers, submit them to the cou...
2018-04-2518 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0176: What Do You Want From Your Divorce? If You Don't Know, it Could Hurt You. Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. I'm going to start off this episode with quote from Yogi Berra, or at least it's attributed to Yogi Berra, and he said, "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." The reason I read that quote is because one of the first questions as soon as a divorce process either hits you in some cases, or if...
2018-04-1817 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0175: Understanding Expenses: Why Your Monthly "Nut" is Key to Post-Divorce Planning - Part 2Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. In the previous episode, we were setting a stage for understanding your fixed monthly expenses. If you didn't hear the previous episode, go back and listen to that one first before you continue on with this one. What we were discussing is you need to know your fixed monthly expenses as accurately as you can in order to really plan for not only to negotiate a settlement that's trul...
2018-03-2719 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0174: Understanding Expenses: Why Your Monthly "Nut" is Key to Post-Divorce Planning - Part 1Visit us at divorceandyourmoney.com for the #1 divorce resources in the USA and get personalized help. Learn about coaching services here. Thank you for listening! Find a transcript of this episode below. I was meeting with a client in person recently and we had a long discussion about whether or not they should keep the house or sell it as part of the divorce process. One of the things that, although in theory they could afford the house and keep it for a few years as the kids grow up and they want to keep some kind of consistency, that migh...
2018-03-2016 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0173: 4 Things You Should NOT Do During the Divorce ProcessThis episode contains some lessons that many people learn as they go through a divorce. Here are four things to avoid as you go through the divorce process: Don’t do anything shady. Don’t believe your ex-spouse about what is going on in your divorce. Don’t be oblivious about what is going on in your marriage and family. Consult an attorney for either your whole case or on a limited basis. Some people try to get away with suspicious activity when going through a divorce. One of the most common examples is moving sums of money around or trying t...
2018-02-2020 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0172: Matt Sweetwood, Author of NEW book "Leader of the Pack"Today we bring back guest Matt Sweetwood, to announce the release of his new book: Leader of the Pack: How a single dad of five led his kids, his business and himself from disaster to success. "I was unprepared, overwhelmed, broke, and often depressed and I was sure I would not live through the experience. With five kids under eight years old to care for, a large business to run, a court system bent on bankrupting me, all I saw was a 20-year jail term ahead of me, ending with me old, broke, and broken…Finally, though, one day, it was ov...
2018-02-1528 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0171: Bitcoin, Digitial and Virtual Assets in DivorceWhat happens if you are going through a divorce and have digital assets? Digital assets can come in many forms. Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are popular topics in the news lately, but there are other forms of digital assets like your music library, ebooks, rewards points, or even a website you own. When it comes to digital assets, state laws have not yet caught up. Many of these assets are relatively new, and the laws cannot always address all the complexities of splitting them. In addition, there are often unique elements about digital assets that make it difficult to know their...
2018-02-0619 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0170: Why You Should Divorce In 2018 - and Don't Delay until 2019This episode will explain why most of you will want to finalize your divorce in 2018, if possible. After 2018, divorce will be even more complicated than it already is. You probably already want an efficient divorce process, but the recent changes to tax law will provide some additional incentive to move things along. The change in tax law primarily concerns spousal support. Taxes are not a fun topic, but they are critically important to understand so you can make the best decisions for your situation. How you structure your divorce settlement can ultimately get you 20% to 50% more money...
2018-01-1719 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0169: How to Deal with Divorce in 2018 (and an update on the BIG CHANGE to Alimony)With the start of 2018, there is a lot you should be doing to prepare for divorce. This is a great introductory episode for you to listen to! Learn more about all of the great Divorce and Your Money resources at divorceandyourmoney.com.
2018-01-0315 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0168: Post-Divorce Checklist, Part 2In the previous episode, we discussed the initial things you should do when you get your divorce settlement. You will need to study your settlement in-depth and create a calendar of all the dates and deadlines that will be coming. It will be important to stay on top of everything, even as your divorce is wrapping up, because there are a lot of small things to handle. It’s not quite time to rest yet. Listen to the previous episode for more details. This episode will be about setting up your new life. You may not realize all of the thi...
2017-12-2113 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0167: Post-Divorce Checklist, Part 1Right now, a lot of divorce cases are rushing to a close. Most people want to finalize their divorce before December 31. The year that you are officially divorced is the first year you file taxes on your own. However, just because your divorce is wrapping up, it does not mean that the process is over. In this episode and the next, we will cover what to do after your divorce is over. Your post-divorce tasks fall into two categories. You need to ensure you receive everything you agreed to (and that you give up everything that you agreed to). You a...
2017-12-1313 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0166: 5 Types of Attorneys to Avoid (If You Can!)In this episode, we’ll discuss different types of divorce attorneys. Divorce financial analysts often work with a wide range of attorneys. They all have different styles. Many attorneys are excellent. In some cases, you may encounter an attorney that is not so good. The goal of the divorce attorney or family law attorney is to have the best possible outcome in your divorce. What that outcome looks like will depend on your situation, but you want an attorney who will put you in the best position possible, whether it’s in terms of assets, support or child custody. A bad at...
2017-12-0612 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0165: What is a divorce hearing, and how is it different from a trial?When you go to court, you may be going for a hearing or for a trial, and there are differences between the two. This episode will explain what happens in each situation. Going to court is almost never like what you see on television. In particular, the process of going to court is not as glamorous as it seems on television. When you go to court for a hearing, a judge will look at evidence and make a decision about a specific issue in the divorce. That evidence could be written documents, records, testimony, financial affidavits, and so on. The ju...
2017-11-0810 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0164: Why You May Need a Vocational Expert in Your CaseThis episode is about vocational experts in divorce cases. Vocational experts are only used occasionally, but they should probably be used more often. What is a vocational expert? Often during a marriage, one spouse was not employed. They may have lost their job or they may have decided to be a stay-at-home spouse. It does not necessarily mean that they were unable to work, however. A vocational expert will help answer the question, “How do you know how much income a spouse can earn if they have not been working?” As an example, a female client has a husband who holds...
2017-11-0109 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0163: Electronic Evidence in Divorce: Everything You're Doing is TrackedElectronic evidence may come into play in your divorce case. Electronic evidence can be from your computer, phone, text messages, apps, cameras, bank accounts, and so on. Everything you do these days has a record. You may need to look for evidence of your spouse doing something they shouldn’t, like getting a hotel room. It’s increasingly common for people to leave an electronic trail that can come back to hurt them later. Most people forget that everything they do is tracked, one way or another. As you go through the divorce process, keep these tips in mind. 1) Be aware t...
2017-10-2510 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0162: 7 Tips When You Are Going to CourtIn this episode, we’ll discuss tips for when you’re going to court for divorce, whether it’s for a hearing or for a trial. If you will be going in front of a judge for your divorce, you should be prepared. Try to avoid making some of the most common mistakes with these tips: 1) Real court is not like television. 2) Dress appropriately 3) Show up early, but expect to wait. 4) There are time limits. 5) Not everything you may want to cover is legally relevant. 6) Answer questions truthfully. 7) Don’t do something dumb in the heat of the moment. Court is not gla...
2017-10-1809 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0161: 5 Your Attorney MUST Be Doing - Or You Could Have Trouble in Your CaseIn this episode, we’ll cover five things your attorney must be doing for you. If they are not doing these things, your case may be in trouble. We offer a course on managing your relationship with your attorney, because it is one of the most important aspects in your divorce. You should be concerned if your attorney is not doing any of these things: Your attorney does not return your phone calls, emails or messages quickly. Your attorney does not keep you informed on your case. Your attorney misses deadlines or waits until the last minute to file reports. You...
2017-10-1211 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0160: How to Stay Involved in Your Divorce Process by Doing Your HomeworkIn this episode, we will discuss your involvement in the divorce process. You can have any number of experts helping you – lawyers, accountants, certified divorce financial analysts, valuation experts, social security experts, and so on. However, at the end of the day, it is your life and your divorce, so it’s up to you to stay on top of this process. Here are some of the major areas for you to be working on: Complete your statement of net worth or financial affidavit. Make a budget. Document everything. Complete your interrogatories and depositions quickly and truthfully. If you are using...
2017-10-0412 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0159: 4 Factors That Determine the Cost of Your Divorce“How much is my divorce going to cost?” This is one of the biggest questions people wonder about when going through a divorce. In this episode, we’ll talk about four factors that will affect the cost, some of which are out of your control. What you do during the process What your ex-spouse does during the process What your ex-spouse’s attorney does What the court does You have control over your responses and decisions in the divorce process. If you are asked to complete a financial affidavit or if you are questioned in an interrogatory, you are responsible for answerin...
2017-09-2714 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0158: Owning a Business with Your SpouseThis episode will cover the options you have if you own a business with your soon-to-be ex-spouse. Under normal circumstances, businesses are very complicated. When you are getting divorced, it is even harder. Because this is such a complicated topic, this episode will not be able to go in-depth, but we will cover the options that you have for dealing with your business in a divorce: One spouse buys out the other. Both spouses continue to work in the business together. Walk away from the business entirely. This is one of the most common options in the divorce world. One pe...
2017-09-2011 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0157: Dirty Tricks Your Spouse Can Use to Delay Your DivorceIn an ideal world, it would take a minimal amount of time to go through a divorce. Unfortunately, in the real world, divorce is a slow process. Courts are packed, attorneys are slow, and the process often takes a year or two. However, it is possible to drag it out even longer, particularly if your spouse uses delay tactics. It can make your divorce more expensive and puts you in a much worse financial position. If your spouse is out to punish you, they can do so by dragging out the divorce. This episode is about some tricks that your s...
2017-09-1411 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0156: 5 Easily Avoidable Divorce Mistakes You're Making TodayThis episode will cover five easily-avoidable mistakes you may make during a divorce. Do not get divorced without getting legal advice. Do not fail to verify budgets and statements of net worth. Do not assume your attorney will take care of everything. Do not try to get through the divorce without a support system. Do not assume you can change your divorce settlement later. A lot of people think they can do a divorce themselves. Even if you are savvy, and your spouse is reasonable, you should still consult a lawyer. You may be able to hammer out 95% of the de...
2017-09-1214 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0155: The Key Basics of Child SupportThis episode of the Divorce and Your Money Show is about child support. This one of the most essential issues of divorce when children are involved. We will answer some basic questions about child support in this episode. What is child support? It is a mandatory payment that occurs during divorce whenever there are minor children present (under the age of 18 or 21, depending upon your state). Child support lasts until the child is an adult. The only exceptions are some children with disabilities who require support into adulthood. From a tax perspective, child support is not taxable income to the pe...
2017-09-0716 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0154: 4 Reasons Why You Should Give Up the House in DivorceThis episode of the Divorce and Your Money Show discusses the reasons to consider selling your house when getting divorced. Many people come into the divorce process with strong preferences on this issue because they have an emotional attachment to their house. This episode will help you consider all sides of the issue. It’s a good idea to think about the financial side, because your house is one of your biggest assets. Here are four reasons to consider not keeping the house. The house is a burden. Refinancing is complicated. Homes are expensive to maintain. You may end up wo...
2017-09-0611 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0153: When does Spousal Support Normally End?When does spousal support end? Whether you are going to be paying or receiving it, it is important to know. Most of the time, spousal support will not last forever. State laws vary, but they are relatively consistent about what conditions cause spousal support to end. It should be written in your settlement agreement; if not, consider adding these conditions in. Here are the five cases where spousal support ends: 1) When the recipient of spousal support dies. If the person receiving spousal support passes away, the support ends. It will not be passed along to a child or another party. 2) When...
2017-08-3114 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0152: 4 Reasons You Don't Want "The Most Aggressive" AttorneyTo get over 40 hours of information organized into easy topics, visit our Store. There you will find the best divorce resource in the United States – all 150 episodes of the podcast, organized to make it easy to find the information you need. In this episode, we will discuss a common misconception. Sometimes, people will have an urge to punish their soon-to-be-ex-spouse in the divorce, so they look for the most aggressive attorney that they can find. Attorneys know that many people have that mentality, so some of them are marketing heavily to you in search engines. They may be paying $25 or $50 per...
2017-08-2917 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0151: What is a Capital Loss Carryover, and Why It Could Be a HUGE AssetThis episode discusses the concept of a capital loss carryover. You might not be familiar with this important term. If you have a capital loss carryover, it is a valuable asset that needs to be treated as such in your divorce. What is a capital loss carryover? You may be familiar with capital gains. A capital loss is exactly the opposite. When you make an investment in a house, a stock, or a bond, you expect to make money on it. However, all investments have risk, so sometimes, they decrease in value. When you sell an investment for less than w...
2017-08-2415 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0150: How To Prepare for Divorce - The Ultimate GuideThis is the 150th episode of the Divorce and Your Money Show. There are now over 40 hours of information to help you through one of the most difficult times of your life. One of the challenges with a podcast is that there is no order to the episodes. We have covered so many different topics, and it can be difficult to find the information that you need. You may be working on your financial affidavit, and that’s your only concern for right now. Maybe you’re concerned about your house, and looking for that information. Maybe you’re concerned your sp...
2017-08-2211 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0149: I Was Served! How To Respond To Divorce PapersBeing served divorce papers signifies the beginning of the end. Unfortunately, it does not always mean that appearing in court will necessarily happen quickly. Finalization could be months or years away, even after you have divorce papers in hand. In the meantime, what should you do to make the most of this time? Preparing for the inevitable end of your marriage can give you a feeling of control. But it can also assist you in receiving all that you are entitled to as a participant in your marriage. Taking charge of the situation during this initial phase can give you a...
2017-08-1718 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0148: Divorcing a Disabled Spouse: 3 Things You Should Consider FirstWhen your spouse has a disability of any type, it adds an additional layer of stress to your divorce. Now this already emotionally tumultuous time is filled with extra responsibilities and concerns that must be addressed before your divorce can be finalized. If your spouse has a disability, you will need to contemplate whether they have the long-term capacity to support themselves without your assistance. When it comes to divorcing a spouse with a disability, what do you need to consider first? Here are the first three questions you will want to start answering now: 1) What level of service do yo...
2017-08-1515 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0147: 4 Tips to Speed Up Your Divorce ProcessSometimes in divorce, it feels like one spouse is dragging their feet and the divorce is taking too long. Your spouse may be causing delays: rescheduling meetings or court appearances, requesting an extension, or taking a long time to give you information that you need. In some cases, it may be your spouse’s attorney that is slowing down the process, either as a deliberate strategy or just out of incompetence. You may feel helpless in the face of these delays. How can you speed things up? There is no silver bullet for these issues. Every locale has its own rul...
2017-08-1017 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0146: How to Get a New Home After Divorce (Even with Bad Credit ) - Interview with Max Townsend, Licensed Real Estate Agent"Many times people oversimplify what’s needed before they put the house on the market. There are all these little things that ultimately get caught by home inspection that will later turn into a negotiation that very rarely favors the seller. What I advise people to do is get a pre-inspection and have the home looked at by an inspector.” - Max Townsend In this episode we interview Max Townsend, a licensed real estate agent in Texas. Max shares great details about how to sell your home during divorce, and he provides some key tips for moving on and getting a new...
2017-08-0830 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0145: Should you take support in a lump sum or periodic payments?It’s difficult to predict the outcome of divorce. However, there’s one statement that applies almost universally: most people have more options for their settlement than they realize. There are ways to structure a settlement that most people don’t think about, particularly when you are settling out of court. One option that many people don’t consider is doing a lump sum payment for spousal support or child support. Spousal support is often done as a monthly payment over a certain period of time. However, you could do one large payment, or a few large payments, instead. In some cases...
2017-08-0322 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0144: Self-Care during Divorce Chaos - Interview with Dr. Robbin Rockett, host of Solo Parent Life“When your feelings get big — whether they’re sad, or grief or anger or helplessness — slow down and breathe. Really take a moment. If we respond when we’re feeling really emotional, it may not be the real twist that we wanted to make in the long run. It might feel really good in that moment, but it might not be so helpful in the bigger picture.” — Dr. Robbin Rockett In the middle of divorce, the range of emotions can feel overwhelming. In this episode, we interview Dr. Robbin Rockett, a clinical psychologist who experienced divorce. She discusses how to find a support...
2017-08-0129 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0143: Post-Divorce Finances (Part 7) - Key Financial Documents to Update after DivorceThis is the final episode in a 7-part series on your post-divorce finances. Some documents and accounts need to be updated by the time your divorce is finalized (or as soon as possible after it is finalized). This practice can potentially prevent many future problems. One set of documents involves estate planning. They contain details about what should be done in the event of your death or incapacitation. The first thing to consider is the last will or trust, which lists the beneficiaries who will receive your assets or property when you pass away. If your ex-spouse is included, this i...
2017-07-2718 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0142: Post-Divorce Finances (Part 6) - Is Your Financial Advisor Doing a Good Job?This episode is the sixth part in a series about your post-divorce finances. If you have not already heard the first five parts of this series, be sure to listen to them because they build upon each other. By now, you should have outlined your financial goals, found out how to choose a financial advisor, and learned some key financial terms and concepts. Even if you are early in the divorce process, planning ahead will help you know what you need to think about during the divorce. How do you know that your financial advisor is doing a good job? Yo...
2017-07-2523 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0141: Post-Divorce Finances (Part 5) - What Kinds of Investments Do You Need?This episode is the fifth part in a series about your post-divorce finances. This series will help you make more informed decisions about your finances during and after your divorce. If you have not already heard the first four parts of this series, be sure to listen to them because they build upon each other. This episode will use a lot of the terminology that was explained in the last episode. Here, we will discuss the investments you will need in your post-divorce life. Investments are a very complicated topic, and people spend their entire careers specializing on a single f...
2017-07-2021 minDivorce and Your Money - #1 Divorce Podcast0140: Don't Rush Into Post-Divorce Financial Decisions - Interview of Shawn by Dr. Robbin Rockett, Psy. D"After divorce or a big life change, whatever it is, and you’re on your own, just take some time to get acquainted, get back with yourself, figure out what you’re doing, what’s important to you, and get up running. That’s really the first place you start before making any rushed financial decisions, because that’s a good way to make a big error without thinking about it.” Marriage over. Divorce papers signed. Money transferred. Rest of your life begins. Now what? One challenge after divorce is figuring out who can help you plan your finances for the rest of you...
2017-07-1845 min