When Divorcing, What Financial Specialists Do You Really Need?
Should you get a financial specialist to help with your divorce? Most people start their divorces looking for a mediator or a lawyer, not a financial planner, so it can be a startling question.
Yet a divorce is likely to be the largest financial transaction in a person’s life. Larger than buying a house. Larger than paying for graduate school. Larger than raising a child. While marriage may have been about love, now that the flame has extinguished, divorce is about security for the future and rebuilding a financially successful life. That is why it is important to make sure that the division of assets and income is fair, meets your needs and those of your children, and allows you to thrive after the divorce.
Divorce can be complicated to navigate, and for that you most likely need a lawyer. They are trained to
