{"product_id":"he-handled-the-money","title":"He Handled the Money: A Woman's Guide to Divorce Finances","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNobody hands you the file on the way out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere in the marriage, the financial side became one person's department. It worked. Then it stopped working, and the first thing anyone asks is the thing you can't answer: what do we own, what do we owe, and where does the money actually come from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDivorce can leave you deciding about finances you never managed, or were never fully included in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe Handled the Money gives you a plain-English understanding of what matters, what to look for, and what questions to ask so you can walk into the process informed instead of guessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand what you own, owe and need to verify.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake sense of the house, retirement, support, taxes, insurance and Social Security.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnow which financial questions to ask before agreeing to anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind free or lower-cost help when professional advice isn't financially realistic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions people ask\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does this book actually cover?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwenty-three chapters on how the money side of a divorce is put together: what marital property, separate property and commingling are asking; what you own and what you owe; where the income comes from and what a household costs; the house, the retirement accounts and a family business; support, taxes, health coverage and the ex-spouse Social Security rules; how to choose and direct a lawyer; and what the decree starts rather than finishes. It ends with two checklists and a one-page map of who answers what.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this legal or financial advice?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNo. Divorce law is state law, your facts are your own, and no book has seen them. This is educational information written to tell you what you are looking at and who has the authority to answer it — not what to do about your case. Take the specifics to a lawyer, a CPA, your plan administrator or your insurer, and confirm current rules at the source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it still useful if I already have a lawyer?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThat is usually who it is written for. A lawyer answers legal questions about your case, and a great many of the questions that keep a person awake belong instead to a plan administrator, a lender, an insurer or the Social Security Administration — nobody in the case has a reason to raise those with you. The book is about following what is being said in the room and knowing which desk each question goes to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback Book · 244 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducational information only — not legal, financial, medical, or tax advice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retirement In Order","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44462133674087,"sku":"g7p2pw","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/7312\/8039\/files\/he-handled-the-money-thumb_d3707734-7b50-4c78-b1fa-e93044cf8790.png?v=1788448756","url":"https:\/\/shop.retirementinorder.com\/products\/he-handled-the-money","provider":"Retirement In Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}