
When One Spouse Owns the Business: The Valuation Questions That Decide the Settlement
A client once told me the business was “worth whatever my husband says it is worth, because he is the one who runs it.” She was wrong about the conclusion

A client once told me the business was “worth whatever my husband says it is worth, because he is the one who runs it.” She was wrong about the conclusion

There is a moment in a lot of my settlement negotiations where both parents agree completely, and I still have to slow things down. The agreement is this: the 529

I wrote last spring about screen time and the anxious generation, and about what Jonathan Haidt’s work means for divorced parents trying to hold a line across two households. Something

A client asked me this in a consultation last week, and I get asked it constantly. He is a finance professional. His bonus lands in March. He is going to

By the time a spouse is served with papers they did not see coming, the other side has usually been preparing for months. What looks like an abrupt departure is

Parents walk into my office assuming the court starts from a place of bias against them. Some assume the opposite, that the law has fully caught up and gender no

The Wall Street Journal featured an extended interview with Lisa on something she is seeing more and more of in prenup drafting: a “leaving the workforce” trigger. From the article:

Lisa joined Frances Shefter on her terrific podcast “Stress-Free IEP” to talk about the issues that come along with raising a neurodivergent child or a child with special education needs

Lynnette Khalfani-Cox has spent decades helping people get out of debt, build wealth, and take control of their financial futures. She is the most recent guest on The Power of