Comments on: Divorce Resources http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/07/02/divorce-resources/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:30:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jude http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/07/02/divorce-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-61963 Jude Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:54:35 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=8491#comment-61963 Might not be a bad idea for someone to write a trans specific version of this; how to protect oneself if a partner is transitioning. I suspect a lot of partners get blind-sided by the cost of transition and perhaps decide to separate or divorce just as the joint resources are depleted. Things like credit, mutual savings, retirement, home equity - but also stuff like social security benefits (does legal gender change affect a spouse's standing in terms of retirement or survivor benefits?), the possibility of a career or job loss / change (consider that one's spouse may decide to change jobs along wiht genders), etc. Might not be a bad idea for someone to write a trans specific version of this; how to protect oneself if a partner is transitioning. I suspect a lot of partners get blind-sided by the cost of transition and perhaps decide to separate or divorce just as the joint resources are depleted.

Things like credit, mutual savings, retirement, home equity – but also stuff like social security benefits (does legal gender change affect a spouse’s standing in terms of retirement or survivor benefits?), the possibility of a career or job loss / change (consider that one’s spouse may decide to change jobs along wiht genders), etc.

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