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A complete guide to financial self-defense for people facing divorce Written by two noted divorce planning experts, this book arms readers with the knowledge and tools they need to make it through a divorce with their financial skins intact. Readers learn of all the financial risks and ramifications involved, as well as how to prepare themselves for any eventuality. And they get proven strategies for negotiating the best possible financial solution, along… More >>
The Complete Guide to Protecting Your Financial Security When Getting a Divorce
This book has some good fundamental information but it is wrapped around a lot of confusing topics making it very difficult to use. There was one chapter I was most interested in – retirement accounts and 401k’s however, this chapter was short and did not give me any more information than I could have gotten over the internet.
Rating: 2 / 5
The book has some good general information about things to consider, but it didn’t provide me the kind of information I needed to avoid getting raked over the coals by my ex and the cruel California no-fault family law system. The book is too sympathetic to the philosophy that the major breadwinner in the family is morally and legally obligated to support their poor unfaithful ex to prevent them from having a reduced lifestyle after the divorce. Tough luck. I guess a divorce isn’t really a divorce. California law is based on the one-sided assumption that the mate that deferred their career to raise the kids is the only one in the marriage that made any sacrifices and the policy merely protects the state from having to support them if they decide to bail. The book is in some ways irrelevant because the authors don’t seem to understand that the system as it exists is the equivalent of indentured servitude. Instead, they should be devoting themselves to alimony reform because it’s unfair to men. If you’re a guy and your ex is trying to get set up for life at your expense, which the system will support wholeheartedly, from the arbitrary long-term alimony policy to the lawyers who make more from no-fault divorce, to the authors who promote it, don’t bother with this book. Fight for your future and don’t let the system steamrole you into submitting to their twisted morality. Mediate and don’t let anyone tell you what you should be paying and for how long. Everything is negotiable. Oh, I guess you could say that I’m just a bitter divorcee, but until you’ve walked in these shoes, you don’t know (yet) how it adds insult to injury to have someone else, whether it be the state, the lawyers, or authors like these, tell you how you should be spending your income after your “divorce.”
Rating: 2 / 5
Very good advice for those who are going through a divorce. I wish I had read it before I was taken for over $150,000 in Alimony. Helps you realize that a vindictive and cruel spouse can ruin you financially and still look like the victim!
Rating: 4 / 5
The book shares some good advice and some of the situations you may encounter. This was very helpful, but no book can anticipate the problematic financial situations one may encounter in their individual divorce. There are situations in which you face not only an unpleasant situation, but the negative, dark side of human nature…in your mate and yourself!
Rating: 4 / 5
This book was written to make you THINK through the process on multiple levels. It is great for those who are simply contemplating divorce, as well as those who’ve decided to proceed. It suggests a number of additional trustworthy resources. Definitely worth the read before proceeding.
Rating: 5 / 5