Free Resources to Help You Through Divorce
Divorce Budget Blueprint
Divorce Budget Blueprint
Divorce Budget Blueprint
Understand your finances during divorce
This practical guide helps you organize your finances and begin understanding your income, expenses, and overall financial picture during divorce.
Divorce Team Guide
Divorce Budget Blueprint
Divorce Budget Blueprint
Build the right support team
Learn about the key professionals who may support you during divorce and how each role can provide guidance to help you navigate the process successfully.
Divorce Decision Guide
Divorce Budget Blueprint
Divorce Decision Guide
Make more confident financial decisions
This guide helps you better understand the key financial decisions involved in divorce so you can approach negotiations with greater confidence and clarity.
Empowering You With Every Step
Meet Alicia Schonberger, CFP®, CDFA®
As a Certified Financial Planner™ and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, I help clients, attorneys, and mediators simplify complex financial decisions, providing guidance that keeps clients informed, supported, and confident during this challenging transition.
What I Bring to Your Case
As both a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) and CDFA®, I don't just analyze numbers, I understand the human cost of getting them wrong. I work with clients to secure equitable settlements, protect hard-earned assets, and build realistic paths forward. Every spreadsheet I create, every settlement I analyze, every financial plan I build carries the weight of that twelve-year-old's promise: no one should have to watch their parent work three jobs because the divorce wasn't handled fairly.
I serve on the board of the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan, working to advance collaborative divorce practices that prioritize dignity and fair outcomes for families, because I understand that major life transitions require both financial stability and emotional support.
Your Future Starts Here
Divorce is devastating enough without financial uncertainty making it worse. With my BBA from the University of North Texas and two decades of experience turning complex financial chaos into clear action plans, I'm here to ensure your settlement protects both your family's present and future. You deserve an advocate who understands that behind every asset division is a real person facing an uncertain tomorrow. I'm that advocate.
Our Values: Guiding Our Approach to Divorce Support
Compassion: Divorce is hard. Every client receives genuine care and patience during what is often one of the most difficult periods of their life.
Confidence: We equip you with the knowledge and financial clarity to make informed decisions about your future.
Collaboration: We work alongside you, your attorney, and your other advisors to build solutions that reflect your full picture.
Integrity: Honesty drives everything we do. You receive clear, transparent guidance at every stage of the process.
Respect: Every individual matters. You will feel heard, valued, and taken seriously throughout our work together.
Confidentiality: Your privacy is a priority. What you share stays between us.
Why do I need a CDFA®?
Your Divorce Financial Roadmap: What You Need to Know
- Understanding your financial options is crucial to making confident decisions about your future
- Your attorney's expertise is in law, not necessarily in financial planning
- Tax impacts and future lifestyle changes can be complex and easily overlooked
- A Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ (CDFA®) does more than crunch numbers, we help you see the full financial picture
- Even the most amicable divorces can have hidden financial pitfalls
- Transferring assets isn't just about the agreement, it's about executing it strategically
- Our role is to surface the financial complexities you might not see on your own