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Grant Zielinski knows he needs to do a little explaining when responding to the question: What do you do for a living?
Zielinski, a certified divorce financial analyst at Divorce Financial Solutions LLC in Milwaukee, said few people have heard of professionals in his line of work or know what they do.
“The certification was only created in the early 2000s,” he said. “We are often brought into divorce cases by attorneys to provide information so clients can make well-informed decisions.”
Zielinski and his father, Garrick, started Divorce Financial Solutions in 2005. Garrick Zielinski had already retired but was looking for ways to stay active. One thing he dabbled in was providing financial information to people going through divorces. Grant Zielinski was a recent graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and loved the idea of going into business with his father.
“We provide neutral information it’s not advice and we meet with the couple and their attorneys to go over the options and explain how their needs can be met and how what we present relates to taxes,” said Grant Zielinski, who took over the firm when his father retired last year. “The clients then take that information and make a decision.”
Taxes figure into a lot of what Zielinski does.
“Much of what we do...