Who Should be on Your Team if You Are Contemplating a Gray Divorce

We see more and more clients in their 50’s 60, 70’s, and even 80’s who want to end their marriages as amicably as possible. These couples face financial and emotional issues that are different from those faced by younger couples. Complicated assets, financial commitments to adult children, limited income-producing years, retirement planning, and other issues often…

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Gray Divorce and the Benefits of a Divorce Team

People divorcing after the age of 50, often called grey divorce, recognize that they have some different financial and emotional issues not faced in younger couples who divorce. As I wrote earlier, navigating a grey divorce with dignity is often an essential requirement for later in life divorce. Complicated assets, financial commitments to adult children, and retirement…

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Navigating Your Grey Divorce with Dignity

Baby Boomer divorce rates continue to be above the average with one in every four divorces occurring in this age group. When I first wrote about so-called “grey divorce” (also referred to as ‘gray divorce’) in 2012, the overall divorce rate was going down, while the rate of divorce for people born between 1946 and 1964…

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Navigating Your Gray Divorce – Part II

“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” – Bono In my last blog, I discussed the phenomenon of “gray divorce” and touched on some of the unique issues that older couples face when divorcing. In this post, I will share…

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Navigating Your Gray Divorce – Part I

Is 60 the new 40? If we follow the guideposts reflected in pop culture, the answer is a resounding “yes.” The new face of MAC Cosmetics is a 90-year-old woman. Christopher Plummer won this year’s best supporting actor Academy Award for his role in Beginners, in which he portrayed a a 70-year-old man who reveals…

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