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Monday 18 March 2019

Factors To Consider When Planning Divorce Financing

By Joseph Baker


When couples are ending a marriage, most western countries do not allow lawyers to represent their clients for a share of the settlement they will secure. It is often feared that such a process can result in nastier divorces. The same rules, however, do not apply to financiers. This is why it is important to consider your divorce financing options before getting to the process.

When most people think of marriage annulment, or during discussions, it is often about child support, a division of property as well as alimony. That aside, you do not want to forget other essential expenses during the process. For instance, the mediator or attorney fees are a crucial part of the expenditure to be covered. Without cash at hand, these costs can become unmanageable for you.

It should be noted that not all divorces are alarming in terms of financial requirements. Some people have gone through super cheap divorces that only cost a few hundreds of dollars. Some do not even need lawyers for such a process. It becomes a do it yourself marriage annulment. But in situations where the process costs thousands of dollars, you want to have a financial alternative in advance.

When spouses are informed about what it entails getting to trial, they will try their best to reach an agreement. With an agreement, the process becomes uncontested and is less expensive. But the moment both spouses have contentious issues, the case has a potential of dragging on. The more it drags, the more it will cost in terms of attorney fees. Agreeing on contentious issues will save costs.

In some cases, however, it becomes difficult for the two partners to agree on contentious matters. In such a case, the process will have to get to trial so that each partner gets a lawyer to represent them. This is where you need to figure out the next move to finance the marriage annulment. A good rule of thumb involves blending traditional and non-traditional methods.

In most cases, traditional funding of divorces is through cash. Therefore, you need to see whether you have a savings account with easy access to facilitate easy payments of attorney fees and other related costs. You can also consider getting cash from the checking account to take care of joint divorce costs. In most cases, couples are served with restraining orders from depleting any joint assets.

More attorneys are starting to accept credit card payments these days. However, this is not the wisest financial option for couples. To begin with, credit card payments attract very high-interest rates. This will just help to make the annulment more expensive. As if that is not enough, most of the financial experts will tell you to pay your credit card debt prior to filing for separation of marriage.

Retirement accounts are becoming another option for paying marriage annulment attorney fees and other court expenses. Experts in the financial market advise against this move nonetheless. The cash will get taxed at normal income rates, while still paying a ten percent fine for withdrawal. Upon reaching the age of retirement, you would have lost benefits.




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