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Finding Hidden Assets: Don’t Be a Victim with Stacy Francis

on January 15, 2014 in January 2014, Money

When people go through a divorce, one of the issues to be resolved is the distribution of marital assets.  If the divorce is not amicable, sometimes spouses attempt to hide assets from the other.  What can you do?

How can one know or find out whether their spouse is hiding assets?

Our guest Stacy Francis, a financial advisor gets asked this question frequently.  How do you know if all of the assets are being accounted for and are being considered in the distribution?  What if your spouse is hiding assets or funneling assets through a business or accumulating debt that you don’t know about?

Listen so that you can learn some of the savvy ways that spouses hide assets from each other and what you can do to protect yourself.

 

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Stacy Francis ABOUT STACY FRANCIS
Stacy Francis is President and CEO of Francis Financial, Inc. She attended the New York University Center for Finance, Law and Taxation, where she completed CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP) education requirements and the CFP® certification exam. Francis is also a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ (CDFA) and has mastered specialized training in the financial issues of divorce. She serves as Co-Chair of the Association of Divorce Financial Planners’ (ADFP) Greater New York Metro Chapter.

Francis is a Registered Investment Advisor who manages an independent, Fee-Only wealth management practice dedicated to investment advisory services for women, couples and those experiencing divorce.

Francis has appeared on CNBC, NBC, PBS and many other TV outlets. Francis has been quoted in over 100 publications such as Glamour, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

Francis recently received The Heart of Financial Planning Award from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and was honored with Financial Planning Magazine’s Pro Bono Award. She was listed as a national Money Hero by CNN Money Magazine in 2013.

As much as 10% of all Francis Financial proceeds are donated to charities, including Savvy Ladies™, a nonprofit organization founded by Francis to educate and empower women to take control of their finances. Savvy Ladies has helped over 10,000 women through free one-on-one financial counseling, workshops and retreats.

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