25yearsmlc 10 yrs later I File D (part 4)

[adinva]

Hi - so sorry about the recent tragedy. The shock can affect everyone around the incident, so hugs to you. I wanted to mention from my hard won experience that if you seek a financial advisor and would like that person to give you credibility in what you'll ask for if the case should go to court: a) a judge will give more weight to the opinion of a CPA than a CFP and b) if the advisor suggests their work has been helpful at trial find out how many times they have been an expert witness and to what effect. I ended up using my cfp's recommendation as a negotiating tool with H buy my L had warned me it was going to be pretty weak to the judge. Fortunately I didn't go to trial but it was close. YMMV but that was my experience here in VA.