How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships

Forensic Accounting and Your Divorce
Today we’re going hunting for your money. Tracy Coenen is the forensic accountant behind The Divorce Money Guide, a tool that helps you understand your money and uncover where money might be hiding your divorce. She’s here today to talk about what you can do to untangle the mess of marriage financials and figure out if you’re the victim of financial abuse.

What are some of the most common fraud types in divorce cases? Where does Tracy find fraud the most? How can you protect yourself if you suspect your partner is hiding money? How do you get past your soon-to-be ex’s case of TDII syndrome (Temporary Decrease in Income) when it comes to your mutual cash-based business? We talk through a lot of scenarios and bring a lot of information to the table today. 

Plus, we have a listener question. Tune in!

Links & Notes
  • (00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster
  • (00:26) - Meet Tracy Coenen
  • (00:55) - Common Fraud
  • (02:00) - How It Continues
  • (03:31) - The Problem from the Litigation Perspective
  • (05:46) - Tracy's Approach
  • (06:41) - Filling the Void
  • (07:45) - Strategizing and Testifying
  • (09:55) - Fraud Frequency
  • (10:53) - Red Flags of Fraud
  • (13:00) - Sponsor: Soberlink
  • (15:09) - Changes in Behavior
  • (16:35) - Fraud Through Cash Business
  • (19:50) - Starting Things Off
  • (24:20) - Deciding If You Need One
  • (26:25) - First Steps
  • (28:05) - Joint Bank Account Question
  • (30:25) - Tracy's Divorce Money Guide and Links
  • (33:59) - Wrapping Up
  • (34:26) - Listener Question

Creators & Guests

Host
Pete Wright
Podcaster and co-host, Pete Wright brings years of marriage and a spirit of curiosity to the divorce process. He's spent the last two decades interviewing experts and thinkers in emotional healing and brings that with him to the law, divorce, and saving relationships in the process.
Host
Seth R. Nelson
Seth Nelson is the founding attorney and managing partner at NLG Divorce & Family Law. He is a Tampa-based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems.
Producer
Andy Nelson
Hailing from nearly 25 years in the world of film, television, and commercial production, Andy has always had a passion for storytelling, no matter the size of the package.

What is How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships?

Seth Nelson is a Tampa based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems. In How to Split a Toaster, Nelson and co-host Pete Wright take on the challenge of divorce with a central objective — saving your most important relationships with your family, your former spouse, and yourself.