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• Divorce retirement: many people who are getting divorced worry about their retirement and retirement savings. For many, these assets are subject to division by the court. If retiring is important to you, especially if you’re close to retirement age, be sure to consult with a financial planner or accountant to make sure that you’ll be on track to retire as planned, or, if you’ll need to replenish retirement assets after a divorce, that you have a plan in place to do so. As you negotiate, or mediate, you may want to trade off other assets to keep your retirement intact (provided there are adequate assets to do so). Mediation and collaborative law give you the opportunity to make these kinds of decisions rather than having the court dictate to you how you’ll divide assets.