Divorce – Addressing and Controlling Your Financial Future
A divorce is the breakup of a financial unit as well as the family unit. To the extent you identify, understand, and effectively deal with the financial pieces of your divorce, you will gain control over your financial future.
Divorce-related financial issues:
- Tax impact of divorce including joint liability, filing status, capital gains considerations, carryovers, alimony, and child support
- Hiding assets and financial fraud
- Identification, valuation, and division of property – marital, inherited, and separate
- Tax impact of division of assets
- Financial impact of the disposition of the family home
- Dividing retirement plans, IRA’s and 401(k)’s and the use of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO’s)
We have supplemented our 25 years of CPA experience with training and experience dealing with the financial issues directly related to divorce. We are Level 1 members of the Colorado Collaborative Divorce Professionals, an organization dedicated to help those going through divorce to do so with minimal conflict and without expensive litigation. Vernard Bond has received and maintains a CDFA™ (Certified Divorce Financial Analyst) designation.
Our divorce-related services and products:
- A checklist of over 500 items that need to be addressed in assessing your current finances and planning your financial future
- Assistance in preparation of your Sworn Financial Statement
- Asset identification and valuation
- Review and evaluation of your proposed marital settlement
- Tax planning, financial planning, and personal budget preparation including reports, graphs, and charts which will show you the impact of your financial decisions on your personal cash flows and net worth
- Tax return preparation