You are not entitled to special treatment because you are a woman, but to equal treatment because you are a partner. You may earn less than your husband, but you take the same amount of financial risk for decisions made within your partnership.

If you find yourself widowed or divorced, some things will be immediately clear. You will need financial resources and the skills to manage them.

You will need to understand basic finances so you won’t have to rely on family members, friends or a financial advisor to tell you what to do.

You will need to understand and sign contracts on your own. You will need to know how to do the financial things that you relied on your husband to do for you.

Take the reins of financial responsibility and step up to the plate. Participate, understand, keep a copy of the records, ask questions, and assume that you have a right to all the financial information that affects you both.

The law supports your right to have it!

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