The process of getting divorced can certainly deal an emotional blow to both people involved. However, it can be just as detrimental financially. Here are some tips for reducing the negative financial effects of divorce in California.
Before starting the divorce process, individuals may want to collect information about their finances. For instance, they ideally should know how much they have in assets, where these assets are located and how much debt they have. This information can be helpful for determining the best course of action to take when it comes to splitting assets or requesting alimony, for example. Without this information, divorcing individuals could easily make mistakes that might cost them exponentially down the road.
Also, if divorcing individuals have young children, one parent will have to pay child support to the other parent. In many cases, people include in their divorce decrees that child support recipients can buy life insurance on their ex-partners. This is valuable for ensuring the child support payment amounts’ value. In addition, the child support recipients should be the insurance policies’ irrevocable beneficiaries or owners.
Navigating financial matters during divorce can be tricky no matter how much or how little money people feel that they have. Fortunately, though, an attorney in California can help them to protect their rights and best interests when dealing with property distribution, alimony and child support, for example. The attorney can push for a fair settlement with the other party outside of court while still being prepared to litigate these divorce matters if necessary.
