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This post is from Curtis Harrison, a collaboratively trained family law attorney working for the law firm of Albin | Harrison | Roach in Plano, Texas. He is board certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas.
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This post is from Tracy Stewart, CPA, PFS, CFF, CFP, CDFA, a College Station and Houston-based financial planner and Collaborative Law Institute of Texas board member.
In many households, health insurance is covered with a policy that is tied to one of the spouses. If the other spouse is a homemaker, or employed where no [...]
There is a recent article from the Reuters news service that discusses the growing need for professional financial advice during the divorce process, specifically in the Collaborative and mediation processes. The article is directed to financial advisors as a potential niche service to new clients. What’s really interesting is how divorcing couples are beginning to use [...]
Because equity in a house is often one of the largest assets acquired during a marriage, that equity often becomes the focus of attention by both parties who are trying to favorably divide up their assets. In some cases, there will be little cash available to the parties unless they can find a way to [...]
Recently the Wall Street Journal ran an excellent article titled “Splitting Up Nest Eggs”. The caption read: “Battles over retirement assets increasingly are the most contentious – and error filled – part of divorce.”
The article is a good read. It is an interview with a prominent Atlanta divorce attorney. The attorney gives illustrative examples of [...]
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Collaborative Law Institute of Texas board trustee Tracy Stewart, a financial professional and CPA based in College Station, wrote a great article for the AICPA Wealth Management Insider last month entitled “Family Business: Avoiding Divorce Disaster.”
The article details some key dos and don’ts when [...]