Our Story
The Financial Divorce Team You Want on Your Side.
We specialize in supporting divorcing individuals and couples in effectively managing the division of their marital estate. We demystify the complexities, provide comprehensive insight into the long term impact of every choice, and empower you to make well informed decisions that protect your financial security and peace of mind.
Who We Are
Two Co-Founders, One Mission, a Full Team Behind Every Client
Co-Founders · My Divorce Solution
In Their Words
A business partnership, much like a marriage, thrives on a shared vision, mutual respect, and a commitment to collaboration.
While our business model has evolved significantly since the day we launched My Divorce Solution, one thing has never changed: our unwavering belief in our mission and the meaningful impact it creates.
Over the years, we have learned an essential truth: differences of opinion are opportunities for growth, not division. We have embraced the practice of resolving disagreements in a way that honors shared goals rather than advancing personal agendas. This approach has strengthened our partnership and shaped the way we serve our clients.
At the heart of our work is the creation of a judgment free space where individuals and couples can navigate the complexities of divorce. Our services empower clients to make decisions from a place of clarity and self awareness, rather than reacting to the pressures of a spouse or an attorney.
Building this venture required more than professional expertise. It demanded tenacity, respect, trust, and vulnerability. These values, along with our enduring belief in each other and our mission, continue to be the foundation of both our services and our partnership. Through our work, we aim to pay forward the lessons we have learned, helping others approach their own challenges with the same principles of understanding and resolution that have guided us.
Meet the founders
Karen and Catherine bring together more than 60 years of combined legal and financial expertise, and both have lived divorce themselves. Select a co-founder to read her full story.
Meet the Team
The co-founders lead a dedicated team of professionals, and every client engagement is supported by three dedicated roles from start to finish.
Your Financial Analyst
Divorce Financial Specialist · CDFA®
Leads the gathering, organization, and analysis of your financial picture, and models complex holdings for real, usable value and after tax impact.
Settlement Navigator
Legal Liaison
A working partner for legal teams. Specialist in real estate and business assets. Gathers data for affidavits and discovery, interfaces directly with counsel, and identifies trade-offs that may offset documentation gaps or reduce costly legal hours.
Your Process Guide
Client Manager
Manages portal access, document uploads, and scheduling so the process moves without friction and nothing falls through the cracks.
How It Began
Founding a fintech company that would revolutionize the divorce sector was not what either of us set out in life intending to do, but our experience, skills, and life events made us perfectly prepared to do so.
A Vow Born From Experience
Catherine was a financial planner who went through a painful divorce and vowed to help women understand their marital estate, so they would not be taken advantage of at such a vulnerable time in their lives. As part of this bigger purpose, she took on further training to become a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst.
A Bigger Problem Comes Into Focus
She quickly realized that the problems with the divorce industry were much bigger than financial awareness alone. There were systemic issues throughout the entire divorce process.
Two Paths Cross
Catherine had the expertise to tackle the financial element of the problem, but she needed someone with experience in the legal process of divorce who shared her perspective and would join her mission. Around this time, a colleague introduced her to Karen, knowing that Karen also had a passion to empower women through her nonprofit. Karen brought extensive professional experience as a paralegal and law firm business manager, and, like Catherine, she had been through a divorce herself. Her experience had convinced her that the system needed reform.
2016
My Divorce Solution Is Born
With aligned incentives and joint commitment, My Divorce Solution was born in January 2016: a company built to give divorcing people the verified financial clarity neither founder had in her own divorce.
Now
The Mission Continues
Today MDS serves clients in all 50 states, Canada, and select European countries with the proprietary MDS Financial Portrait™, a dedicated professional team, and the WeChat Divorce podcast.
Why We Exist
At the moment, the divorce sector does not work to the benefit of divorcing people. We are two women who decided to change that, for the individuals, and ultimately the children and grandchildren of divorce.
People and families are sometimes bullied or subjected to financial abuse, from their spouses or from divorce professionals. There is a default to blaming the system when a problem occurs. We built My Divorce Solution to put people, not the system, at the center of the process.
A Streamlined Methodology
A structured way of sharing and collecting financial information, so nothing gets missed or hidden.
Future Impact, Made Clear
Clear analysis of the long term impact of how finances are divided, before anything is signed.
Better Outcomes
Divorces that are more equitable, more cost effective, and far less drawn out.
Our Promise
We Transform the Process Itself
We transform fear into focus, focus into knowledge, and knowledge into power.
Transforming Financial Knowledge Into Power
We do not just guide you through the process. We transform the process itself.
We transform fear into focus, focus into knowledge, and knowledge into power. Protect and secure your financial future with a free assessment.