Here's what nobody tells you: A "fair" settlement can still leave you struggling.
50/50 sounds equal. But if you take the house and your spouse takes the FERS pension and TSP, only one of you has retirement income. A pension isn't cash. Tax treatment turns "half" into 40% or 60% depending on which half you take.
Your lawyer knows Idaho law. They don't know what you'll live on for the next 30 years.
Most people sign their settlement while still in emotional shock. The brain is in survival mode — the prefrontal cortex that makes rational decisions is literally offline. By the time the fog lifts, the settlement is final.
You need someone whose only job is protecting your financial future — not billable hours, not legal posturing. Someone who can show you exactly what different settlement scenarios mean for your life 5, 10, 25 years from now.
If you're over 50 and facing divorce in Idaho Falls, custody battles aren't your concern—your children are grown. Instead, you're dividing Idaho National Laboratory retirement benefits, affordable Eastern Idaho real estate, and assets under Idaho's community property in one of the region's most affordable communities.
Idaho Falls offers small-town living with stable federal employment at Idaho National Laboratory (INL)—America's leading nuclear research facility.
INL is Eastern Idaho's major employer:
Community property: FERS pensions and 401(k) accounts accumulated during marriage divided 50/50.
Idaho Falls offers the most affordable major Idaho metro:
Post-divorce affordability: Many 50+ clients can easily afford Idaho Falls on one income.
Idaho Falls offers rural mountain lifestyle:
Can you afford Idaho Falls solo? Idaho Falls is very affordable. Most 50+ clients can easily keep their home on one income, especially with INL federal benefits.
Idaho law applies: Community property means 50/50 division.
In a divorce, dividing assets is only step one. This helps you understand how those assets will actually support your life.
Calculate your real post-divorce income — including FERS pension, TSP, and Social Security — so you negotiate from facts, not fear.
Document gathering checklists tell you exactly what to bring to your attorney — so you walk in prepared, not panicked.
Map out your real expenses as a single person — before you fight for something you can't actually maintain on retirement income.
The asset identification system helps you find accounts and property you might not even know exist.
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