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While there are many steps women need to take so they can emerge from divorce in the best financial shape possible, there are also a few important things to avoid doing when  going through a  divorce. Taken individually, any one of these mistakes might derail the efforts of even the most skilled divorce team. Combine a few of them, and you could substantially reduce your chances of a successful divorce settlement. Please note that most of these have legal implications …

There’s a movement in the U.S. to reform “lifetime” or “permanent” alimony. Three states – New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida – lead the way to making permanent alimony a thing of the past. Divorce expert and family law attorney Bari Z. Weinberger of the Weinberger Law Group, in Parsippany, NJ, clarifies that originally alimony laws were created when women stayed home with the kids and men were the breadwinners. Now, women are largely in the work place and many people …

79 percent of married couples who separate end up getting divorced, according to a new study by Ohio State University. So if you’re moving out you might as well call a divorce lawyer now. The study found that the longer couples remained separated, the greater was the likelihood that they’d get divorced. The average length of a first separation was four years, but for the smaller group who reunite, the average separation was only two years. Seven percent of the …

Jeffrey A. Landers, CDFA™ is a Divorce Financial Strategist™ and the founder of Bedrock Divorce Advisors, LLC, a firm which exclusively advises affluent women throughout the United States before, during and after divorce.  He assists women and their divorce attorneys with deciding on the most advantageous way to divide marital assets and enable them to negotiate more favorable settlements, especially when there are complicated financial and tax issues. He also writes for Forbes.com and the Huffington Post. For further information, …

When Kobe and Vanessa Bryant finalize their divorce, some celebrity watchers expect the basketball star’s ex to walk away with $75 million in cash and three mansions to her name. But if she’d filed for divorce a few months earlier, her potential pay-out could have been considerably less, thanks to California divorce laws that treat marriages lasting 10 years or longer differently than shorter-lived matrimonial alliances. The exact details of any alimony Vanessa Bryant receives will also depend, in part, …