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A reader wrote in a few weeks ago asking where to even start. She’d decided the marriage was over. She hadn’t told her husband yet, and she had no idea what to do with the joint checking account, the 401(k), or the fact that her name wasn’t on the mortgage. That’s a more common starting […]
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Somewhere between picking a car seat and packing a hospital bag, the actual math of having a baby tends to get skipped. Nobody hands you a form for it. There’s no deadline reminder on your phone that says “figure out your finances before this kid shows up.” I found that out the hard way. My
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