Susan Brown will assist attorneys and provide expert witness testimony in the areas of spousal and child support calculations, locating and valuing marital property, the valuing of a community business interests, calculating reimbursement claims, and calculating the tax issues related to the division of property and on-going support payments.
Divorce - even the "friendly divorce" - is a stressful, emotional, and difficult process. During the course of a marriage, spouses' assumed roles in marriage and money management usually evolve so that one spouse handles the money. Thus, the managing spouse has tremendous leverage because of his or her knowledge of and access to property and information in a divorce. All too frequently the managing spouse cannot resist taking advantage of his or her position to obtain a better financial settlement. When this is done by intimidation, concealment, deceit, or breach of spousal duties, it may be characterized as fraud. That's where the Forensic CPA applies his or her skills and experience to discover, disclose, and assist the attorney in the recovery of property or rights obtained improperly or by fraud. The Special Needs Child and Divorce - Approximately half of all marriages end in divorce. Families with special needs children have a much higher divorce rate and much greater needs than those of families with typical children. As the mother of a special needs child born in 1997, Susan Brown is uniquely qualified to assist attorneys and clients in addressing, quantifying and communicating to the courts why the child support guidelines do not address or meet the needs of the special needs children. |