Family
Jul. 10, 2019
I don’t love you anymore: protecting yourself in the event of divorce
It is important to be prepared for curve balls life can throw, including, your spouse coming home unexpectedly and telling you he or she wants a divorce. While we all may hope to have a strong and solid marriage, it is still imperative to protect yourself in the event your spouse sees things differently. To help you prepare for the what-ifs life brings, here are a few steps you can consider in order to protect yourself.
Jacqueline Combs
Associate
Blank Rome LLP
Jacqueline is a former corporate counsel. She has advised her clients on a wide range of legal issues, including drafting and managing corporate contracts, merger and acquisition due diligence and integration, financial and insurance regulatory matters, and business risk assessment. Since practicing family law exclusively, Jacqueline has integrated her experience as a prior corporate counsel into the intricacies involved in resolving all aspects of family law disputes, including high-asset and high-income dissolution matters, premarital and postnuptial agreements, and high-conflict custody cases.
How many times have we heard from a friend, "She just left me for someone else." "I found my bags packed when I came home." Or, "We had our ups and downs, but I was completely caught by surprise when he said, 'I don't love you anymore.'"
The emotional shock is only the first hit. The second hit comes with unwinding the finances. How do we handle living expenses? Who moves out of the house? Where are all of our bank and brokerage acc...
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