Using Housing Wealth to Facilitate Asset Division in “Silver Divorce” 1 Credit
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Divorce or the death of a spouse can turn the best-laid financial plans upside down. An income stream dries up; assets may be divided; in short, where life had a feeling of certainty, you may now be standing on shifting ground. Whatever the circumstances, if you haven't been closely involved in investing or other big-picture financial decisions, taking the lead on money matters can seem daunting.
To be sure, gender roles are evolving, and women are increasingly active in financial planning. But even so, women who outlive their husbands, or who experience a so-called silver divorce sometimes after decades of marriage—can be caught off guard by the magnitude of the decisions they must make alone, not least those concerning their home.
The primary issue in “Silver Divorce” (divorce after age 55) is the division of assets. By that age, typically, the couple has accumulated some assets, and the children, if any, have grown up and become independent. At the same time, retirement is approaching or has already arrived (generally with a significant reduction in income). The couple’s housing wealth used strategically can greatly assist in the division of their assets, and can also diminish the risk of cash flow exhaustion during retirement.
Join this CPE Finance webinar that explains how housing wealth can be used to facilitate asset division in “Silver Divorce” with quantitative examples.
This course covers the following Major Topics:
| License details | Credits | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) | 1 CPE | Approved |
| Special situations (Housing, Divorce, Household employees) for Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) | 1 CPD | Eligible |
| Finance for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) | 1 PL | Eligible |
| Finance for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) | 1 CPE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Trust and Estate Practitioners (TEP) | 1 CPD | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Divorce Topics for Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) (Valid upto : Aug 25, 2025) | 1 CE | Approved |
| Financial Planning for Wealth Management Certified Professional (WMCP) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Financial Services Certified Professional (FSCP) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Finance for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) | 1 CPE | Eligible |
| Finance for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) | 1 CPE | Eligible |
| Financial aspects of estate and retirement planning for Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Finance for CIPM | 1 PL | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Chartered Advisor in Senior Living (CASL) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| License details | Credits | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) | 1 CPE | Approved |
| Special situations (Housing, Divorce, Household employees) for Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) | 1 CPD | Eligible |
| Finance for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) | 1 PL | Eligible |
| Finance for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) | 1 CPE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Trust and Estate Practitioners (TEP) | 1 CPD | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Wealth Management Certified Professional (WMCP) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Financial Services Certified Professional (FSCP) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Finance for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) | 1 CPE | Eligible |
| Finance for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) | 1 CPE | Eligible |
| Financial aspects of estate and retirement planning for Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Financial Planning for Chartered Advisor in Senior Living (CASL) | 1 CE | Eligible |
| Finance for CIPM | 1 PL | Eligible |
Credit
1
Course Level
Basic
Instructional Method
QAS Self Study
Group Internet Based
Pre-requisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
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Barry H. Sacks, PhD, JD, a member of the California State Bar, is a tax attorney specializing in pension law. He is a 1973 graduate of Harvard Law School. Since 1974, with the enactment of ERISA (the pension reform law), he has practiced almost exclusively in the area of retirement plan law. He has been certified as a specialist in taxation law since 1980 by the California Board of Legal Specialization. For the past ten years, he has been listed in the peer-selected “Best Lawyers in America”. In 2015, Mr. Sacks was designated as Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” in the field of retirement plan law for the San Francisco Bay area. In addition, he holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from MIT, where he completed a doctoral dissertation that involved substantial mathematical modeling.
He published the pioneering research paper modeling the use of reverse mortgage credit lines to mitigate the effects of adverse sequences of investment returns in retirement accounts (Journal of Financial Planning, February, 2012). The retirement income strategy described in the Journal of Financial Planning article has been granted 2 patents. He published a sequel to this paper in the October, 2017 issue of the Journal of Financial Planning, expanding the range of application of the strategy. In 2016, he published an article in the Journal of Taxation (“Recovering a Lost Deduction”) on the income tax deduction for interest accrued on reverse mortgages. While developing his model for the use of reverse mortgages in retirement income planning, Mr. Sacks became aware of other needs of retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), including those who are moving to new homes and those who are in the process of divorce. As a result, he has published papers demonstrating various uses of reverse mortgages to address these retirees’ needs.
In the earlier part of his career, Mr. Sacks spoke frequently at California Continuing Education of the Bar presentations and at advance tax seminars as a visiting lecturer at U.C. Hastings College of the Law. More recently he has spoken at various Bar Association meetings (including the Marin County Bar Association and East Bay Trusts and Estates Council) and at meetings of financial planning organizations.
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