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'Gray divorces' mean negotiating assets

Gray divorces have helped create a new breed

Photo credit: iStock | Gray divorces have helped create a new breed of adviser: certified divorce financial analyst.

Lawyers will ask you what you want in a divorce settlement. Financial advisers will tell you to be careful what you wish for.

While the overall divorce rate is decreasing, it is increasing for one segment of the population: couples 50 and older. Older couples getting divorced used to be rare. In 1990, one in 10 divorces involved an over-50 couple, according to Bowling Green State University's...

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