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 people are talking about marriage annulment and finances, they are typically discussing dividing the property, child support, and alimony. Nonetheless, there is another issue touching on finances that mostly gets overlooked. It is important to figure out how to meet expenses for the attorney, plus filing costs relating to your case. This is particularly when barely making ends meet. Sometimes most of the assets are tied to the annulment process.

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 situations where uncontested divorces cannot work, it would mean figuring out the next course of action. You need to determine whether using traditional means can finance the process. If not, it would compel you to find other options. The best way would be doing a mix of both traditional and non-traditional means. Below are a few of the options you can consider to finance the annulment.

For the most part, traditional divorce funding is done using cash. In that case, you will have to figure out whether there is a regular savings account where you will access the cash with ease and pay the lawyer or any other costs in the case. Even for those with adequate cash in their checking accounts, by this time they are temporarily restrained from accessing 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.

You can also use money from retirement accounts to pay for the marriage annulment. Financial experts are also against this choice since withdrawing the cash attracts regular taxes from relevant authorities. This is beside losing that money upon reaching retirement age.




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