Association of Divorce Financial Planners

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Carl M. Palatnik, PhD, CFP®, CDFA™, AAMS
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™

Carl M. Palatnik, CFP®, CDFA™

Trained in 1994, when divorce financial planning was still in its infancy, Carl has become one of the preeminent and most experienced divorce financial planners in the country. He is founding president and executive vice president of the Association of Divorce Financial Planners, the largest not-for-profit professional association of divorce financial planning practitioners in the world. He founded and is president of DivorceInteractive.com, a busy internet portal containing information, survival tools and helpful resources for people affected by divorce. He is former host of the internet radio program “Divorce Talk,” broadcast on VoiceAmerica.com.

Carl is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner, a FINRA-Registered General Securities Principal and Branch Manager of the Melville, NY office of Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc, a FINRA-registered broker/dealer.* He has received numerous awards for outstanding achievement in financial planning, including designation as a subject of biographical record in Marquis Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. He has been consulted frequently and cited by the media on divorce planning issues and has lectured to other divorce professionals on a variety of financial topics. He has served on the advisory boards of Divorce Magazine, the College for Divorce Specialists and the NYU Divorce Project. He is on the editorial board of New York Family Law Monthly and has published numerous articles in New York Family Law Monthly, Divorce Magazine, DivorceInteractive.com and other financial publications.

Carl M. Palatnik is NOT AN ATTORNEY AND DOES NOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE. All information he provides is financial in nature and should not be construed or relied upon as legal advice. Individuals seeking legal advice should solicit the counsel of competent legal professionals knowledgeable about the divorce laws in their own geographical areas.

* Divorce Financial Planning is a fee-only process that does not involve investment advice or securities transactions.

For a free one-hour initial consultation and a copy of Carl’s article, “Pre-Divorce Financial Planning: Could This Be the Next Frontier,” call Carl at the number below.

Address:	Carl M. Palatnik, Ph.D., Certified Financial Planner 200 Broadhollow Road, Suite 207 Melville, NY 11747 **
** Convenient offices throughout Long Island, New York City and Westchester County.
Phone:	631-470-0331
Fax:	631-673-0631
E-Mail:	carlp@divorceinteractive.com
Website:	http://www.divorceinteractive.com/palatnik.asp

CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered flame logo are certification marks owned by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. These marks are awarded to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.

The ADFP does not endorse, support or recommend specific members. It is your responsibility to carefully research, interview and identify competent and trustworthy professionals before you hire one. All ADFP members are independent practitioners and most are certified, licensed and/or approved by a recognized Board, Agency or State Licensing Authority. This information is provided to the ADFP by each member annually and the ADFP does not validate member credentials. You should verify such credentials with the appropriate granting authorities, including but not limited to public, private, and state licensing boards. As independent practitioners, each member maintains his/her own fee schedule, business practice, location, and credentials. Practitioners listed on this website are current, paid-in-full ADFP members, in good standing. If a divorce practitioner is not listed on this website, please contact the ADFP directly to confirm his/her membership in the ADFP at 1-888-838-7773 or by contacting the president directly.

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