Partner Perspectives

Insights from our network of trusted professionals

At S.N. Forensics, we believe some of the best insights come from collaboration. Our Partner Perspectives blog features articles from attorneys, public adjusters, mediators, financial professionals, mental health professionals, and other colleagues sharing their experience on issues that intersect with forensic accounting, litigation, valuation, insurance claims, and financial disputes.

Calm Is a Financial Strategy: Preparing Divorce Clients to Face the Numbers

By Cherie Morris, J.D., CDC, www.DearDivorceCoach.com

In divorce matters, financial uncertainty can quickly become emotional, particularly when one spouse was not primarily responsible for managing the household finances during the marriage. In this Partner Perspective, divorce and conflict coach Cherie Morris, J.D., CDC, explores how shame and anxiety can affect a client’s ability to gather documents, understand financial analyses, ask questions, and make thoughtful decisions. She explains why “calm is a financial strategy” and offers practical ways attorneys, mediators, forensic accountants, and other professionals can help clients move through the financial disclosure process with greater confidence and clarity. 

She Was Never Bad with Money. She Just Wasn’t the One Managing It: The two gaps I see in almost every woman who sits down with me, and what helps close them.

By Rhonda Noordyk, CDFA®, CFEI, CDS | CEO & Founder, Women’s Financial Wellness Center, www.womensfinancialwellnesscenter.com 

Not managing the family finances does not mean someone is “bad with money.” Rhonda Noordyk, CDFA®, CFEI, CDS explores two gaps she frequently sees in women navigating divorce: confidence and information. She discusses how incomplete knowledge of assets, from retirement benefits and deferred compensation to business interests, can affect financial decisions, and why asking questions, building a complete financial inventory, and working with the right professionals are important steps toward an informed settlement.