Diane C Pappas, CDFA®, Certified QDRO Specialist™
Profession(s) and Services
Diane handles the complex financial and tax issues in divorce, including forensics, pension valuations, retirement analysis and division and other complex asset divisions. She provides the detailed analyses for executive compensation like RSUs and stock options, as well as the tax-based child support and alimony analyses under the Massachusetts Cavanagh case law.
Diane also drafts QDROs and DROs for all types of retirement plans including non-qualified plans as well as private and Massachusetts state pensions.
The primary focus of Diane's practice is ensuring her clients have clarity, confidence, and a complete understanding of the financial settlement before signing any agreement. She takes the time to educate and empower her clients so they can make informed decisions about their future. Her extensive expertise and deep knowledge of the financial issues in divorce help clients to make better decisions because they have better information.
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Diane C. Pappas is an award-winning, nationally recognized Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, a Certified QDRO Specialist™, Collaboratively Trained Financial Neutral, a trained Divorce Mediator and an IDFA Ambassador. She is the principal and owner of Solutions For Divorce LLC and is a Registered Investment Advisor licensed in MA. She has been working solely in divorce since 2012 and in the financial planning world since 2009. Prior to reinventing her life after her own divorce in 2008, Diane was a stay-at-home mom for two girls who are now 32 and 34 and is now a Nana to three amazing grandchildren.