Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce »

Violet P. Woodhouse, noted author, lecturer, seminar presenter and consultant to the media in the areas of family law and personal finance, is a foremost authority on the financial and tax aspects of divorce. A practicing family law attorney as well as a Certified Financial Planner and Registered Investment Advisor, she pioneered the development of financial analysis of property settlements for financial planners, and often acts as a consultant to divorcing spouses and their mediator during mediation. Ms. Woodhouse is in private practice in Newport Beach, California, and has authored articles for the state and local bar associations and legal newspapers. Co-author of Nolo's Divorce & Money, she has also written articles for or has been quoted in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Working Woman, Lear's, Money Magazine and Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. Worth Magazine has named her one of the top 60 financial advisors in the nation.

Dale Fetherling has written, edited or co-authored more than a dozen nonfiction books. He's the former editor of the Los Angeles Times' San Diego County Edition and has taught writing and editing at four colleges and universities.

Divorcing? Get everything you need to split assets and debts as fairly as possible.

When you're going through divorce, you have to make an overwhelming number of financial decisions. Should you sell the house? What happens to retirement benefits? How will you handle taxes?

Full of sensitive and practical advice, Divorce & Money guides you through the process of making these important, and sometimes life-altering decisions.

Worth Magazine

Worth magazine named Violet Woodhouse among one of the nation's top 200 financial advisors in 1996, 1997, and 1998.

Introduction Your Financial Companion During Divorce

1 Legal vs. Financial Realities of Divorce

2 Financial Realities No One Talks About

3 Emotional Divorce: Managing the "Money Crazies"

4 The Hardest Part: Is My Marriage Really Over?

5 The Separation: What Happens When One Spouse Moves Out?

6 Closing the Books: What Do We Do With Joint Property?

7 Getting Help: Who Can I Turn To?

8 Financial Fact-Finding: What Must I Know and When Must I Know It?

9 Facing the Future: What Must I Plan For?

10 Protection Against Risks to Life, Health, and Property

11 Taxes: How Do I File and Pay?

12 Property and Expenses: Who Owns and Who Owes What?

13 What Will Happen to the House?

14 Retirement Benefits: Who Gets What?

15 Financial Investments: How Do We Divide the Portfolio Pie?

16 Evaluating Employee Benefits and Stock Options

17 How Will We Divide Debts?

18 Child Support and Alimony: What Might I Pay or Receive?

19 Negotiating and Finalizing the Best Possible Settlement

20 After the Divorce: How Do I Get From "We" to "Me"?

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