Bonus and Equity Award Season is Upon Us
It is bonus and equity award season in the finance industry. Suppose your spouse is compensated with restricted stock units (RSUs), stock options and other forms of deferred compensation. In that case, it will play a crucial role in negotiating prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements or asset division in divorce. Lisa Zeiderman lent her knowledge on […]
Manic Spending Causes Anxiety, Particularly During Divorce
Here are legal tips to protect yourself and your finances. KEY POINTS When in the midst of a divorce, there are ways to legally protect your finances from a spouse’s over-spending. Cancel joint accounts, consider a postnuptial agreement, and keep documentation of the spending patterns. Talk to a mental health professional and ask your spouse […]
Bored Panda: Husband Lashed Out At His Wife In Front Of His Family For Buying The Cheapest Thing On His Wishlist, Said She Ruined Christmas
I was quoted in a recent Bored Panda article about financial abuse. A husband lashed out at his wife because she chose the cheapest item on his Christmas wishlist. I give readers tips to gain financial independence in the face of financial abuse: Lisa Zeiderman, a New York Divorce Attorney, wrote that “controlling the finances can mean […]
Podcast: Is Your Partner A Financial Bully?
Lisa Zeiderman was the featured guest on Jennifer Hurvitz’s Doing Relationships Right podcast to speak about financial bullying red flags and what to do when it starts happening. Lisa provides guidance for how to understand financial abuse. She discusses how to reassess your relationship with your spouse after you identify signs of financial bullying. […]
Tips For Female Breadwinners Overburdened At Home
According to the Journal of Family Issues, breadwinning women spend a disproportionately higher number of hours on household tasks and child care. In a recent article by personal finance expert Stacy Francis in Kiplinger’s Magazine, I share that one of the top reasons couples get divorced is because of money disagreements: “Lisa Zeiderman, a divorce […]
Financial Stalking: Another Frontier in Financial Abuse
Keeping tabs on how you spend money is an abusive power play. Financial stalking is the notion that one person continually checks on what another is doing with their money without permission. The goal of the abuser is to manipulate, intimidate, and threaten the victim through finances and to entrap them. Financial abuse often occurs […]
Financial FAQ: How do you find hidden assets in a divorce?
In this interview with Malinee Churanakoses as part of the Chapter 2 Club’s Smart Women’s Guide for Breakups and Everything After video series, we talk about some of the most common places we find evidence of hidden assets
Looking for Hidden Assets
Ever wonder how you are going to find your soon-to-be-ex-spouse’s hidden assets? In this video interview I discuss what you and your attorney should do to uncover those hidden assets! Many thanks to Malinee Churanakoses and the wonderful Chapter2Club — the Smart Women’s Guide for Breakups and Everything After — for including me in their […]
Is Your Spouse a Financial Bully? Subtle Signs of Abuse to Watch for
Lisa Zeiderman was included in this recent Kiplinger article by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA®, CES™ about identifying financial abuse. Lisa explains that financial abuse is not limited to the non-working spouse: “Sophisticated executives (usually women) are often pressured to hand over their earnings to their spouse in return for an allowance that is doled out […]
Financial Abuse
If you aren’t being permitted to see account and credit card statements, banking information or joint tax returns, or are living on an allowance that is doled out by your spouse as they see fit, you may be a victim of financial abuse.