Leininger Natalie CFP CDFA

We found Natalie via a divorce mediator found through Unilocal and we had a very good experience with her.
My ex and I have complicated financial issues. This is due to various problems such as my being unable to work as I’m completely disabled with a live-​in caregiver. We also have a house we owe money on that is in a different state that I can no longer live in due to health needs having forced me to move back to CA. Add to this his now absolute dislike of the state we moved away from.
My ex currently has to live in the house for mortgage reasons so his time visiting and returning my dogs to me gave us a limited time to find and see a financial divorce specialist over the past 2010 – 2011 holiday season.
Luckily Natalie had time and we met her for what ended up as less than a two hour meeting. She not only helped us sort out a basic understanding, but organized our choices into three different tax options to assist us in our decision in how best to handle our separation. We now have a financial template to work from — and without having to resort to ugliness. At least not yet! :-)
She also provided an email address for a disability lawyer she recommended to help me with my case, which should have been an easy cut-​and-​dry disability case, which turned into anything but that. She also helped by giving her advice regarding our house and what she recommended we do to possibly assist us financially. That was great and may have helped in unraveling one major disagreement between my ex and myself.
She was very good in maintaining a neutral position and kept the meeting moving at a good pace.
As a person who is traumatized by the situation I find myself in (financially, emotionally, and so on) with regards to being unable to support myself and needing fairly constant and consistent care, I found her to be as clear cut as somebody non-​partisan could be.
If you need help sorting out finances at any stage in your separation or divorce and want to try to stay on friendly footing and avoid acrimonious attorneys at one another’s throats, she is somebody I can sincerely recommend.