Debthelper: After Divorce, Pay Down Debt

Finances: Sometimes You Can Settle Debt for Less than You Owed if You Try With real estate prices getting lower and lower, this could be a great time to buy a home. But the first step in fiscal responsibility is knowing when you shouldn’t make a big purchase,...

Mad About Money?

What Do You Do When Anger Gets In The Way Dear Lisa: I’m in a stepfamily with his, hers and one ours child. I mistakenly told my partner“ we’re not married but by now are common law in mystate — to have a child with me if I assumed the costs of...

Divorce-101: About Taxes

Divorce Has Obvious Tax Consequences; Filing Issues Can Crop Up Down the Road Divorce has obvious tax consequences. The most apparent is that each partner probably will be filing, at least for a while, returns as single taxpayers or heads of households instead of...