Category: Divorce, Collaborative

Abbie (Niehoff) Frishman, manager of divorce financial planning services at Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM), is scheduled to present at a Divorce OptionsTM of Northern Virginia workshop on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm EST. The Divorce OptionsTM program, sponsored by Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia, is a low-cast public education program presented by local experts in separation and divorce. The topics covered by presenters, who are financial specialists, attorneys and mental health professionals, include the legal,… Read more ›

Jane Ochsman Rowny, partner and a director of divorce and litigation services at Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM), will co-host a discussion for the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals on Wednesday, October 16 at 3 pm PT. The session, entitled “Conversation time with the Financial Neutrals”, will present a discussion and networking opportunity among financial neutrals as they discuss their role in the collaborative process working with both parties in a divorce to help them understand their financial situation and… Read more ›

Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM) will serve as a silver sponsor of the 2024 Virginia Collaborative Professionals annual conference on Monday, November 11, 2024, representing the third consecutive year CBM has sponsored this event. The theme of this year’s conference, which will be virtually hosted from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm EDT, is “Avoiding Splitting the Team in Collaborative Practice”. Click here to learn more about VaCP. Jane Ochsman Rowny, VaCP treasurer, and other members of the firm’s divorce financial… Read more ›

Jane Ochsman Rowny, CPA, CFP®, CDFA® and Jordan P. Egert, CPA, CFE, CDFA®, partners and directors of divorce and litigation services at Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM), are scheduled to present at the Maryland Association of CPAs’ (MACPA) 55th Annual Chesapeake Tax Conference on Thursday, September 19. Their session, scheduled virtually from 10:45 am to 12 pm EDT, is entitled “Tax Issues in Divorce” and will address how the emotional aspects of a divorce may lead to financial mistakes and… Read more ›

Anthi Bourazani, a financial planning associate at Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM), has earned her Master’s degree in finance from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. Anthi is a member of CBM’s divorce and litigation practice group who helps clients move from difficult financial transitions toward a more secure future. Her expertise includes assets summaries and analysis, income and cash flow projections, retirement projections and financial analysis. She also publishes articles to help current and prospective clients understand the financial… Read more ›

This is the first article in a multi-part series to address the impact of significant life transitions on tax planning. Click here for Part II. Although preparing your taxes can be a smooth process in some years, significant life transitions can be counted upon to complicate your tax situation eventually. This article won’t delve deeply into each transition—other articles on our website (e.g. regarding divorce) provide greater detail for each transition. But CBM would like to offer the following overview… Read more ›

Abbie (Niehoff) Frishman, a manager of divorce financial planning services at Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM), will co-present in a virtual session entitled “Financial Considerations for Divorce” on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, focusing on considerations for Maryland residents. The two-hour session, to be hosted from 7 to 9 pm EDT, is part of the six-week Divorce 101 series (click here for the series flyer), administered by New Beginnings to provide public education about the divorce process featuring top family law… Read more ›

Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM) served as a gold sponsor at the 2024 Spring Institute of the DC Academy of Collaborative Professionals (DCACP), a DC-area professional development group of financial professionals, attorneys, mental health professionals and child specialists who support clients experiencing the collaborative divorce process. The Institute was a day-long program hosted at DCACP’s offices in Washington, DC on Friday, April 12, featuring David Hoffman, JD, who presented on Managing the Negotiation Within – Both Our Clients and Our… Read more ›

Navigating the financial aspects of a divorce can be hard enough without also worrying about the impact of legislation on your personal financial life. And yet, here we are! At the end of 2025, several provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the most notable tax legislation to pass since the 1980s, are scheduled to expire. Given the number of years in which the TCJA has now been in place, divorced or divorcing individuals may have been… Read more ›

Ms. Rowny is also a senior financial advisor with May Barnhard Investments, the firm’s fee-only wealth management subsidiary. Divorce is challenging. Navigating both the emotional and financial complexities of a divorce can be difficult since divorce is not something a person regularly goes through. Some helpful news, though, is that facing the impact of marital dissolution on your tax situation is something a little advance knowledge can assist with. CBM’s divorce financial planning team has provided the following insights to… Read more ›