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Learn How To Divide Retirement Assets To Your Advantage

The first or possibly second largest asset in a marital estate is the benefits/accounts that have accrued during a marriage.

The first or possibly second largest asset in a marital estate is the benefits/accounts that one or both married partners have accrued during their marriage. Appropriately dividing these benefits/accounts in a divorce demands that each of the parties, and their advisors, be fully informed as to how and when that division should be implemented.

DIVIDING RETIREMENT PLAN ASSETS IN A DIVORCE - a clear and concise guide about how to properly apportion retirement plan assets in a divorce - is now available on Amazon.com in paperback and e-book versions. The guide is written by leading expert, Howard M. Phillips.

Howard M. Phillips is a Fellow of The Society of Actuaries; a Fellow of The Conference of Consulting Actuaries; a Member and past Director of The American Academy of Actuaries; a past president and Director of The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries; and is enrolled to practice by a Joint Board of the Departments of Labor and Treasury. He is the past president of Consulting Actuaries Incorporated, and is currently an independent consulting actuary. In addition to DIVIDING RETIREMENT PLAN ASSETS IN A DIVORCE: A Concise, Comprehensive Pension Guide for People Getting Divorced, Mr. Phillips has authored several other published texts and articles.

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