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Archive for 'Marriage and Divorce' Category

Monthly Financial Meetings With Your Spouse

29 September 2006

One of the series of articles I like a lot is CNN’s “Millionaires in the Making,” which spotlight people who have good personal finance habits that will eventually lead them to become millionaires. I think they’re great because they often have both good ideas sprinkled in there and some examples of stuff the couples really [...]

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Wedding Costs: Don’t Get Too Expensive

13 September 2006

This should be a no-brainer, but if you care about your finances, and you make a normal salary, you shouldn’t be spending $50,000 to $100,000 on your wedding. But It’s Just Money is preparing for a wedding and has been browsing through some wedding message boards, noticing some truly nutty approaches to the wedding budget. [...]

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Warning: Divorce Can Ruin Your Credit Rating

30 August 2006

Everyone knows that divorce can be costly. But you may not have heard about one of the hidden risks - that a divorce could well destroy your credit rating. This article by John Ulzheimer gives us the scoop. Obviously there’s not a factor in your credit score based on how many times you’ve been divorced. But your accounts [...]

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Keeping A Married Couple From Having Fights About Money

21 August 2006

Gerri Willis on CNN has some advice on tips to keep your marriage “financially fit.” The most important of these, I think, is the full disclosure advice. I’m not sure I’d go so far as exchanging credit reports like they’re wedding vows - but you should at a minimum be telling your future spouse about [...]

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Advice to Women in Divorce: Give Up The House

13 August 2006

Here’s a tip you hopefully won’t ever have to use, but you should file it away in your mind just in case you ever do. Linda Stern has a new article out on the big problems women can face financially in divorces. I’m not going to touch her perpetual alimony suggestion with a ten-foot pole [...]

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