Legal Notes: About Alimony

Divorce-101: Court Determines How Much, How Long to Pay Alimony for Former Spouse Alimony, also known as spousal support, is intended to help the supported spouse maintainamarital standard of living and ease the transition to living as a single person. Either party...

What’s Financial Infidelity?

Are You Cheating On Your Spouse… With Money When you make a promise to love, honor and cherish another person, the faithfulness implied doesn’t have a thing to do with money. Still, according to Long Beach, Calif.,psychotherapist Tina Tessina,also known as...

Learning How to Budget in Divorce

Finances: Quicken Can Help You Deal with Cash Flow after your Divorce If managing your personal or household finances was something your former spouse used to handle, but it has since become one of your own responsibilities, don’t fret. Keeping track of bills,...

Divorce = $100,000

Love is Grand, but When It’s Gone, Divorce Can Cost More Than Twenty Grand   Nancy Michaels was 40, a mother of three, and a successful businesswoman when her husband of 16 years told her he wanted a divorce. Beyond the emotional cost that followed his...

Debthelper: Talking to Bill Collectors

“Cease and Desist” Orders, Other Tactics Can Help You Deal with Bill Collectors I have a confession: My career in the credit industry began as a bill collector. I was so embarrassed to tell anyone what I did for a living, and secretly loathed myself for...