Since his divorce, Joe Olson has been asking himself the same question he found himself with just after he retired early: Will I have to go back to work? Though he mapped out his FIRE journey with detailed spreadsheets, he …
MacKenzie Scott’s latest round of charitable giving brings the total she’s donated since her divorce from Jeff Bezos to more than $12 billion. Scott announced her most recent gifts in a Medium post listing “465 non-profits converting $3,863,125,000 into meaningful …
I recently found out that New York is not a community-property state. I had thought it was for three decades of our marriage. I am not on the deed of the house I have been living in for the past …
Please help me. I am a 68-year-old woman married 17 years to the love of my life. Our finances have always been separate, and I signed a prenuptial agreement acknowledging that his son will inherit his estate held in a …
In divorce, one spouse or ex-spouse may become legally obligated to make payments to the other party. Because these payments are often substantial, being able to deduct them, or not, can be a significant tax issue. Before the 2017 Tax …
““It wasn’t one moment or one specific thing that happened. There just came a point in time where there was enough there that I realized it just wasn’t healthy, and I couldn’t trust what we had.”” That was Melinda French …
My girlfriend left her abusive husband several years ago and moved 2,000 miles away. They have an uneasy truce, but he still finds ways to mess with her — even from that distance. She hasn’t a penny to her name, …
Dear Quentin, I’ve been married for over 10 years and we have no children together. I filed for divorce from my deadbeat, soon-to-be ex-wife. She worked full-time for the city of Philadelphia for almost 20 years, and began claiming disability …
Dear Quentin, We’re a gay couple who have been together off and on almost 20 years. We have been married for five years. My wife bought our home in November 2015. We moved in together in January 2016. We married …
Dear Quentin, I work for the government. I will retire in nine years with a full government pension, which will be about $100,000 a year, and will have about $1 million in savings. My girlfriend makes twice what I make …
I’m in the process of divorcing my husband. He walked out on our marriage two years ago and disappeared. He was going to help family in Pennsylvania and never returned home. We were in contact for a while and then …
Melinda French Gates appears to be carving out her own identity as a major philanthropist — and it’s another example of a divorce shaking up philanthropy. French Gates is reportedly no longer pledging to give most of her fortune to …