Monthly Archives: March 2010

Can I Afford to Get Divorced in a Recession?

Question

My husband and I decided 6 months ago to get divorced.  Since then he has started dating and now has a girlfriend.  I am miserable and desperate to split up, but I don’t see how we can afford it.

We bought our house in 2007.  We could probably just about sell it for what we paid for it, but we would have…

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Can I File a Joint Return After I’ve Filed for Divorce?

Question

My husband and I split up at the end of September.  He says that we can’t file a joint tax return, because we are living apart and I have already filed for divorce.

He thinks that he will be better off by filing separately.  But I still have taxes withheld from my pay checks based on a joint return. …

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