Everything You Need to Know About College Planning and Divorce with Vicki Vollweiler
About this episode
This episode discusses the complexities of planning for a child's college education during and after a divorce.
Nobody warns you, when you're in the thick of a divorce, that the financial fallout doesn't end with the settlement. There are tuition bills on the horizon, FAFSA forms with your ex's name on them, and a whole new layer of negotiation you never saw coming. In this episode of Divorce Happens, host Olivia Howell sits down with Vicki Vollweiler — founder of College Financial Prep , divorced mom, and former divorce coach turned college financial strategist — to talk about the conversation no one is having in the mediator's office: how to plan for your child's college education when you're navigating co-parenting, conflict, and completely separate households. Vicki brings a rare combination of personal lived experience and professional expertise to a topic that sits squarely at the intersection of divorce recovery and long-term financial planning for single parents. What makes this episode so essential is the specificity Vicki brings to a subject that most divorcing parents simply don't know to ask about. She explains why including college planning language in your divorce agreement — even when your kids are toddlers — could save you years of legal headaches and thousands of dollars…
Topics covered
- college planning
- divorce
- co-parenting
- financial aid
- single parents
- negotiation
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