A community education class offered through Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus with instructor Tom Rocks, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™. This two-night class is designed to help you navigate the complicated process and stressful ordeal of divorce. This overview class covers the broad range of financial and legal issues you will face when going through divorce. It will help you avoid costly mistakes, clarify your expectations and begin planning for a "successful" divorce.

Join us for our next Financial Issues of Divorce

What to expect from the course

Tom will guide students through the process of planning financially for separation or divorce. Issues covered will include:

• Making the divorce decision
• Setting realistic expectations
• Developing an effective strategy for your divorce
• Financial settlement issues and objectives
• Understanding the 5 major divorce process options:
  • Do it yourself
  • Mediation
  • Collaborative divorce
  • "Traditional" negotiated settlement
  • Litigated divorce
• How to use divorce professionals effectively in each option
• Overview of legal issues in divorce

Tom will help students quantify settlement goals and provide planning tools and resources needed to work through the divorce process effectively. Learn to:

• Gather pertinent financial information
• Analyze assets and liabilities
• Determine a pre and post divorce standard of living
• Divide assets equitably
• Reach your settlement goal
• Position yourself financially for life after marriage

• Divorce planning worksheets
• Reference materials
• Resources and contacts for further assistance