About this episode

In this episode, Susan Guthrie and Heather Locus discuss five smart strategies to save money during divorce.

Susan Guthrie turns to a subject that keeps more people up at night than almost any other one in divorce: money. Specifically, how to protect it, and how to stop spending it in the wrong places. Heather Locus is a CPA, certified financial planner, and certified divorce financial analyst with a rare gift for taking the most complicated financial pieces of divorce and making them feel manageable. In this episode, Heather shares her top strategies for saving money in your divorce, from the common mistakes that quietly drain your settlement to the smart moves that keep more of your hard-earned dollars where they belong, with you. Together, Susan and Heather walk through her five ways to save money in a divorce, from getting organized early and assembling the right support team, to keeping business and emotion separate, to using her Settle Smart projections to see the road ahead. As Heather points out, these are critical points whether you have millions in the bank or are living paycheck to paycheck. What You'll Learn Why something as simple as setting up a separate email for divorce communications can save real time, money, and stress What discernment counseling is, and how pausing…

People in this episode

Host: Susan Guthrie

Guest: Heather Locus

Topics covered

• divorce financial strategies
• money management in divorce
• saving money during divorce
• financial planning
• support team in divorce

Keywords

• divorce
• financial planning
• money saving strategies
• settlement
• support team

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CPA, certified financial planner, certified divorce financial analyst

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