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Divorce in the Red Zone

By Carl M. Palatnik
September 02, 2014

Editor's Note: The Red Zone in football is that section of the field between the 20-yard line and the end zone. It is here that the play grows intense and concentration on the task at hand is most important. And it is here that the game is most likely to be won or lost.

As discussed in Parts One and Two of this article, the author ' a divorce financial planner and a member of this publication's Board of Editors ' suggests the Red Zone concept as a means to explain to divorcing parties the stages of the dissolution process and the actions that should be taken at each. After the Preliminary Conference Red Zone, discussed last month, come the Discovery, Pre-Trial Conference and Trial Red Zones.

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