Prepare Your Finances—For Better and For Worse
This
unique book explores an overlooked but pivotal truth: Divorce is a
financial planning issue. All too often, people willingly enter into
marriage without even discussing our investments, obligations, income,
budget, or the impact a divorce might have on our financial futures. Why
would we taint our special day by talking about money when there are
caterers to hire and dicey family dynamics to manage?
Both men
and women think marriage is supposed to be about trust, love, and
romance. And it is. But we are ignoring and important reality. The
current divorce rate is about fifty percent. In I Now Pronounce You
Financially Fit, Pam Friedman talks about this financial elephant in the
room. In marriage, as Friedman explains, it is never too late to
protect our money from the financial devastation of divorce. And if
divorce is unavoidable, her advice can help us through that too.
Pam
Friedman uses her twenty-plus years of experience in financial planning
and investing to advise us about how to address our finances as
couples. By being sensible, informed, and realistic, we can prevent many
of the financial problems that cause divorce—or that divorce can cause.
Read this book and let Pam Friedman help you discover your happily ever after.
Pam Friedman has over twenty years of financial planning and
investment experience. Prior to partnering with Silicon Hills Wealth
Management, LLC, Ms. Friedman was on Wall Street in both New York and
London structuring and raising capital for both public and private
companies. Upon her return to Texas, Ms. Friedman spent six years on the
faculty of the Finance Department in the McCombs School of Business at
The University of Texas at Austin.
In divorce, Ms. Friedman
assists men and women in identifying all the assets of the marriage,
including those that potentially may be hidden or under reported. She
also provides detailed projections that demonstrate how different
financial settlements will impact the client’s family for the short and
long term. Lastly, Ms. Friedman helps ensure that other financial areas
are addressed such as life insurance, beneficiaries, estate and college
planning.
Ms. Friedman has been a regular speaker at meetings of
the Austin chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the
Capital Area Paralegal Association, and the Austin chapter of Certified
Public Accountants (CPA). She is a member of The Collaborative Law
Institute of Texas, Austin chapter of Texas Women in Business and The
University of Texas’ BBA and Business Honors Program Alumni Boards. Ms.
Friedman earned the designation CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) in
2006 and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA™) in 2011. Pam is
also a trained family law mediator. Pam holds an MBA, BBA and BA in
Finance and Economics from The University of Texas at Austin.
Pam married her husband Mitch in 2014. And, yes, they have a pre-marital agreement.
