A lesson on depositions: I remember asking multiple times what exactly a deposition was and entailed when my attorney’s would mention...

Lesson #11 – One day you have excellent credit, the next, not so much. The only credit card to my sole name was a Kohls card when my...

Another lesson from divorce: Document, document, document! And then document some more. I made a new friend by default through my...

I’m not sure about you, but I use a lot of words. Don’t most women? I am a communicator and depending on if it’s written, verbal or...

Quite often you hear that divorce cases rarely go to trial. They say most are settled in mediation. One would think with little to divide...

Lesson #8 – Financial Advisors. This lesson has been a north star for me financially when I was going through my divorce. Not only did I...

Lesson #7 – CPA: Certified Public Accountant. Someone who knows the in’s and out’s of taxes and government requirements for filing taxes....

Lesson #6 – Counseling and therapy; A good therapist is worth their weight in gold. On a hot day in 2017 when I made an unexpected...

Lesson #5 – Interrogatories/Discovery Questions. At the beginning of the divorce process, this is a standard “you ask me and I ask you”...

Lesson #4 – Titles, autos and homes. When I got married I didn’t have anything in my name. I also didn’t really care and loved the idea...

Lesson #3 – Ad litem. It’s such a fancy word. In short, it’s an attorney who represents children in a divorce proceeding. They are hired...

Lesson #2- Let’s talk Life Insurance. This will make sense later but one of the first things my first attorney asked was what life...

Something I never wanted to be was divorced. I remember getting married and telling my husband that the “D” word wasn’t an option. Fast...