Because divorce affects a person’s life so pervasively, it is important to plan for the changes that life as a single person will bring. A useful tool for a divorcing individual is to make a checklist.

When people decide that their marriage needs to end for whatever reason or reasons, they often deal with extremely complicated issues that involve their property division, child custody and visitation and other legal issues that must be resolved in order for a court to dissolve a marriage. However, there are also problems that can be encountered by spouses who are 50 years old or older that many do not consider, but that should be reviewed and explained by a Carlsbad family law lawyer. Below are a few of these potential complications.