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Settlement Economics
The money side of settling — lump sums against payment streams, the discount-rate math that compares them, the tax rules that separate the forms, and the fees that come off the top.
Valuation math
Buying out alimony: pricing a support stream as one payment
Present value first, then the contingencies — remarriage, death, modification — and the post-2018 tax symmetry.
Fees & taxes
Contingency fees and settlement math: what comes off the top
Fee bases, the costs-first-or-fee-first clause, the Banks tax trap, and the closing statement to audit.
Valuation math
What a pension is worth in divorce: present value, explained
The same discounting engine, applied to a lifetime pension — the three inputs and why experts disagree.
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