About the Financial Divorce Association

The Financial Divorce Association, founded by Carol Ann Wilson, has been providing training and certification in the financial, legal and tax aspects of divorce since 1992. Our Certified Financial Divorce Specialist Training Program is designed for financial planners, accountants and attorneys.

What is a Certified Financial Divorce Specialist?

Certified Financial Divorce Specialists is are financial planners, accountants and attorneys that have been trained in the financial, legal and tax aspects of divorce by leaders in the field. Certified Financial Divorce Specialists help divorcing people receive fair and equitable settlements and use the Family Law software to divide assets.

To become a Certified Financial Divorce Specialist, a student must complete an extensive self-study course on the financial, tax and legal issues in divorce and the Family Law financial planning software. Students must pass two exams on the material and software, with a score of 75% or better on each in order to earn their certification.

The CFDS certification is also eligible for 13.5 Continuing Education credits from the Certified Financial Planning Board of Standards.

Once students pass the exams, they then become members of the Financial Divorce Association and receive our marketing package

Members of the Financial Divorce Association are required to submit 20 hours of Continuing Education credit every 2 years to keep their membership current.

The first year's membership fee is included in their tuition. After the first year, membership dues are $75 per year.

Members are subject to the FDA Code of Ethics for Financial Divorce Specialists. In addition, the Financial Divorce Association has a stringent policy for dealing with complaints against its members, ensuring that the public receives the highest quality of services possible from our members.

How Can a Certified Financial Divorce Specialist Help You?

Please download a PDF BROCHURE explaining how a Financial Divorce Specialist can help. Then feel free to email Carol Ann to discuss your specific situation. See carolannwilson.com for more advice and resources for you.

About Carol Ann Wilson

Carol Ann Wilson, CFDS™, is widely recognized as the foremost expert on marital financial issues and the leader in the field of divorce financial planning. As a Certified Financial Divorce Specialist, she has been doing pre-divorce financial consulting since 1985. In 1993, she founded the Institute for Certified Divorce Planners in order to train and enlighten attorneys, CPAs and financial professionals about the financial issues of divorce. She is currently the president of the Financial Divorce Association, Inc.

Carol Ann is the author of The Financial Guide to Divorce Settlement, Survival Manual to Divorce, and 40 Tips for Surviving Your Divorce. She is also co-author of The Survival Manual for Women in Divorce, The Survival Manual for Men in Divorce, ABCs of Divorce for Women and The Dollars and Sense of Divorce. As you can see, she is truly the expert.

Carol Ann also designed software which has been widely used by lawyers and financial planners to calculate the financial result of divorce settlements. And she has served as an expert witness in court for over 120 divorce cases nationwide. She frequently serves as a keynote speaker and faculty member of high-ranking legal and financial organizations and has been published in numerous professional journals such as Newsweek, Money, and Forbes.

She has appeared on the Regis Philbin Show, Geraldo, LifeTime Live, CNBC Financial News and a multitude of radio programs.