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Conscious Uncoupling, Could It Work For You?

By Team Mitchell Hayes

Not many people enter into marriage lightly.  We spend a lot of time picking the perfect mate.  We plan the perfect wedding and honeymoon.  Then we go about the business of building a life together.  Building the life includes blending families; acquiring assets (and debts); having children; and expecting happily ever after.  In many cases,…

Forgiven Debt? Not entirely…

By Team Mitchell Hayes

Have you negotiated the balance due on a credit card, car loan, or a bank loan to a lesser amount?  Have you had a short sale of your home?  Did you breathe a big sigh of relief thinking that you had alleviated the problem?  The IRS rules may not be so forgiving.  Read what Connie Prater…

How to Deal With Major Life Changes

By Team Mitchell Hayes

Love or hate clichés, we have found that some of them are true.  Time does heal wounds; the more things change the more things stay the same; life is but a journey; if you can dream it, you can be it; and you have to be the change that you want to see in the world.  …

Discovering Your Financial Reality

By Team Mitchell Hayes

Mitchell Hayes understands how unsettling going through a divorce can be.  Mitchell Hayes will analyze your past, present, and future resources so, we can work with you to develop a plan for a comfortable future.   This encompasses an accurate Financial Affidavit, Child Support, Potential Spousal Support, and division of assets and debts. Fadi Baradihi,…

Top 10 Critical Financial Errors in Divorce

By Team Mitchell Hayes

We really like this list of the top 10 critical financial errors in divorce compiled by Justin A. Reckers over on Family Lawyer Magazine’s Website.   The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts™ (IDFA) recently asked members across the country to share the worst financial mistakes they’ve seen in their practices. After receiving more than 80…

Why Include A CDFA™?

By Team Mitchell Hayes

Wendy’s decision to become a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA™) is based on her own experience dealing with life transitions, which you can read more about here. People always ask “Why should I include a CDFA in my dicorce process?” The answer is simple: When dealing with divorce, Wendy’s number one goal is to ensure…

10 Common Divorce Money Mistakes

By Team Mitchell Hayes

There is a definite trend online of posting or publishing lists of the “top things” associated with any given topic. We see them everywhere now. “The 8 Best Restaurants For Burgers In Atlanta” or “23 Things Men Do That Women Hate.” We have to admit that we love these kinds of lists and have a…