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Divorce

Submitted by cnajera on February 28, 2008

Category: Business
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Introduction

The United States has the highest divorce rate in the Western World, and financial issues are consistently cited as one of the top 3 reasons couples divorce. Unfortunately, most family law attorneys & divorce mediation professionals do not have the financial background, subject specific education, the financial communication skills, or the comprehensive financial planning tools to assist clients that seek fair & equitable solutions.

When assisting divorcing couples with their financial needs non-financial divorce practitioners either attempt to negotiate family assets one at a time (with little understanding of the tax consequences of their decisions), or they seek guidance from CPA’s, business appraisers, or financial divorce professionals (CFP’s, CDFA/Certified Divorce Financial Analysts, Family Law Mediators, etc.).

Based on our current analysis, divorce financial professionals currently use either their own personal financial planning spreadsheets or rely on one of a variety of financial planning tool options that address the clients needs. These financial planning tools can best be categorized as either Modular (a one question, one answer solution) or as Comprehensive (combining multiple questions, evaluates all answers in one single presentation solution).

Two examples of firms that focus their attention on the financial planning industry are The Institute of Divorce Financial Planning (IDFP) and Family Law Software Inc (FLS) . The IDFP’s primary role is to act as the sponsor & administrator of the Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) program (~ 1700 members), and as a subset of their program they offer their professional students their version of a Comprehensive Divorce Financial Plan. After “road testing” the IDFP’s financial planning software there clearly appears to be a need for a more robust, interactive, and tax sensitive planning tool (See Reviewing The...

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