Katie Markowski is a financial adviser who also specializes in helping women navigate the business part of divorce.
She is a certified divorce financial analyst at Watermark Financial in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. While most of her time is spent dealing with traditional wealth management issues like designing investment portfolios, retirement planning and tax strategies, she said about 10% to 15% of her business applies specifically to divorce. That's where emotions are most likely to run high. That's when people have more trouble making decisions with their brain instead of their heart. That's how she often finds out a couple will divorce before the other spouse does.
This interview has been edited for space and clarity.
