How Can a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ Help Me?

A Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ (CDFA™) specializes in the financial issues surrounding divorce. Often the role of a CDFA™ includes assisting the client and his or her lawyer to understand the short-term and long-term financial impacts of the financial decisions made today. A divorce is an emotional time, and spouses can waste valuable time and resources fighting over minor belongings. Having a divorce financial analyst, who is removed from the emotion, can help both parties achieve an equitable settlement.

A CDFA™ works with the client to identify and collect the financial data from the marriage.

• Helps evaluate any key financial data related to divorce:
  • Income and deductions;
  • Living expenses for both the husband and the wife, and
  • Real property and other assets and liabilities.
• If a client meets with a CDFA™ before retaining a lawyer, time and money may be saved by making sure the financial information is accurate and complete.
  • This allows your lawyer to focus on the legal aspects of the case.
  • A CDFA™ can join the team at any stage of the data-gathering process.

Finding the right professionals for your situation is key; you need a lawyer to provide legal advice, but you likely need a CDFA™ to provide financial advice.

• A CDFA™ can provide litigation support for your lawyer on such issues as:
  • Short-term and long-term effects of any property division proposals;
  • Tax consequences;
  • Division of retirement funds and future pensions;
  • Determination of whether you can afford to keep the marital home, and
  • Valuing your property, and more.

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