Blog | Second Saturday

Mark Flowers

Nov 8, 20225 min read

How Inflation Impacts Divorce

Rising inflation has come to dominate the news, and you may notice its effects as you pay higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery...

15 views0 comments

Mark Flowers

Nov 8, 20226 min read

How to Create a Child Custody Plan

After a divorce, you'll face many new challenges as you and your ex-spouse continue to raise a child together while building your...

40 views0 comments

Mark Flowers

Apr 20, 20226 min read

How to Ask Your Spouse for a Divorce?

You’re unhappy. The marriage counseling didn’t help. You want a divorce. The only thing left to do is to bring up the topic of divorce...

35 views0 comments

What’s Mine Is Yours? Understanding Marriage Property vs. Separate Property in Divorce

Mark Flowers

Apr 20, 20224 min read

What’s Mine Is Yours? Understanding Marriage Property vs. Separate Property in Divorce

A divorce inevitably means you and your spouse will need to divide your assets, everything from your vehicles to your 401k. How in the...

31 views0 comments

What Are the Actual Steps to Getting a Divorce?

Mark Flowers

Apr 20, 20225 min read

What Are the Actual Steps to Getting a Divorce?

If you’ve just started considering a divorce, it helps to know what steps you’ll have to take to legally uncouple from your spouse. Every...

43 views0 comments

What to Do About Your Rental Properties During a Divorce

Mark Flowers

Apr 20, 20224 min read

What to Do About Your Rental Properties During a Divorce

Dividing your assets during a divorce doesn’t have to be complicated. Maybe you’re willing to give your spouse the dining room set as...

11 views0 comments

Help! Will I Have to Pay My Spouse’s Student Loan Debt When We Get Divorced?

Mark Flowers

Apr 20, 20223 min read

Help! Will I Have to Pay My Spouse’s Student Loan Debt When We Get Divorced?

Divorce is an emotional whirlwind. Even while you try to heal your inner wounds, you must also focus on how to divide your life from your...

8 views0 comments

How to Negotiate for Your Children’s College Costs During a Divorce

Mark Flowers

Apr 20, 20224 min read

How to Negotiate for Your Children’s College Costs During a Divorce

We love this guest article, written by Second Saturday Leader Dr. Shokohi. It provides loads of important information for parents who are...

30 views0 comments

Is a Spouse's Pension Up for Grabs During a Divorce?

Mark Flowers

Apr 20, 20225 min read

Is a Spouse's Pension Up for Grabs During a Divorce?

Are You Entitled to Your Spouse’s Pension as Part of Your Divorce, or Is He Entitled to Yours? These days, one of the biggest benefits to...

20 views0 comments

Divorced? Go on a Date with Yourself This Valentine’s Day

Mark Flowers

Feb 15, 20213 min read

Divorced? Go on a Date with Yourself This Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day can be an absolute bummer after a divorce. All those heart-shaped balloons in the grocery store, the jewelry commercials...

11 views0 comments

Ten Ways to Fall in Love With Valentine’s Day After a Divorce

Mark Flowers

Feb 13, 20214 min read

Ten Ways to Fall in Love With Valentine’s Day After a Divorce

During the early days of your courtship and marriage, Valentine’s Day may have been full of gorgeous red roses, glittering glasses of...

11 views0 comments

How to Close Down Joint Accounts During a Divorce

Mark Flowers

Jul 1, 20203 min read

How to Close Down Joint Accounts During a Divorce

Separating your life from another person can seem like an endless journey requiring a million steps. Many articles focus on the big...

75 views0 comments

From Two Incomes to One – What’s Going to Change After Divorce

Mark Flowers

Jul 1, 20203 min read

From Two Incomes to One – What’s Going to Change After Divorce

One of the biggest benefits of marriage is that it often increases a couple’s financial stability as they combine their incomes and enjoy...

67 views0 comments

Mark Flowers

Jul 1, 20204 min read

Should I Keep the House?

Divorce can shake you to your very foundations. Everything changes and many people want to cling to the house as the only stability they...

52 views0 comments

The Four-Step Divorce Financial Recovery Guide

Mark Flowers

Jul 1, 20203 min read

The Four-Step Divorce Financial Recovery Guide

Divorce is both emotionally traumatic and financially devastating. You are likely to lose around half of your assets. That’s everything...

60 views0 comments

Mark Flowers

Jul 1, 20203 min read

Working Through the Emotions of Divorce

“If your heart is broken, let it be broken open.” –Alan Cohen With fifty percent of marriages in America today ending in divorce, there...

40 views0 comments

The 9 Things You Need to Know About a Military Divorce

Mark Flowers

Jun 30, 20201 min read

The 9 Things You Need to Know About a Military Divorce

Going through a divorce is an emotional and overwhelming experience no matter your circumstances, but service members and military...

13 views0 comments

How to Get a Divorce When You Can’t Find Your Spouse

Mark Flowers

Jun 30, 20205 min read

How to Get a Divorce When You Can’t Find Your Spouse

The time has finally come to divorce your spouse. There’s just one little problem. You don’t know where he or she is at the moment. It...

15 views0 comments

How to Determine State Residency During Divorce (and Why It Matters)

Mark Flowers

Jun 30, 20203 min read

How to Determine State Residency During Divorce (and Why It Matters)

It’s strange but true that the state you live in plays an important role in how your marital estate is divided during your divorce....

24 views0 comments

Mark Flowers

Jun 30, 20203 min read

How to Choose a Divorce Mediator

Divorce mediation is almost always a smart move. It can save you a significant amount of money and time on your divorce in comparison...

31 views0 comments