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Diane Pappas

Principal and Founder

“Child Custody & Visitation Mediator”

Boston, MassachusettsRemote available

Core Practice Areas

5 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Child Custody & Visitation
✓Child Support Disputes
✓Marital Property Division
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Diane C Pappas is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, Certified QDRO Specialist™, Certified Divorce Mediator , Collaboratively-trained Financial Neutral, and a Registered Investment Advisor licensed in MA to provide financial planning and investment advice. Diane is Principal and Founder of Solutions For Divorce LLC, a boutique, fee-only divorce financial planning firm that works with couples and individuals helping them resolve the tax and financial issues of their divorce. Drawing on over 30 years of life and work experience, she specializes in helping clients, attorneys and mediators fully understand and resolve the financial complexities encountered during the divorce process. Diane also works with clients as their mediator, educating her clients financially so they can make informed decision during the mediation process. She completes the divorce process by preparing the legal documents needed to divide Employer-sponsored retirement plans, private pension plans, MA State pension plans, military and Federal Employee plans. Her clients include those contemplating divorce or already in the divorce process. She works in Litigation, Collaborative and Mediation. Her specialites include self-employed individuals, Executive Compensation like stock options – ISOs, NQSO and RSUs, pension plans, Lifestyle analysis, Alimony and Child support after-tax analysis and high net-worth clients. I help clients all over MA by virtual meetings only. Diane also has a podcast called “Divorce Friday” that serves as an educational tool for the general public.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Certified Divorce Mediator

Education

Boston University Institute of Finance

CFP Certification Education Program · Finance

Class of 2013

Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts

Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA™) · Divorce Financial Planning

Class of 2012

Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council (MCLC)

Collaboratively-trained Financial Neutral · Collaborative Law

Class of 2012

Work History

2 Positions

Principal and Founder

Solutions For Divorce LLC

Boutique, fee-only divorce financial planning firm.

Resident CDFA®

North Shore Community Mediation Center

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