Family Law Attorneys

Jim’s role as a CDLP is to help, not only the divorcing clients, but family law attorneys understand all available opportunities.  Jim’s extensive professional training in the field of mortgage financing & real estate, as it relates to divorce, allows him to provide family law attorneys expert guidance and advice.  Jim would be happy to share the many success stories attorneys and their divorcing clients have experienced by his mortgage financing guidance throughout the divorce process.  He acts as a financial neutral advocate providing the knowledge that allow the divorcing couple to make informed decisions and accomplish their goals post divorce.

  • 6/36 Rule
  • Temporary orders & qualifying income
  • Marital debt
  • Disposition of the marital home
  • Child support, alimony & separate maintenance as qualifying income
  • Support payment receipt guidelines
  • Accurate Marital Settlement Agreement verbiage 

Understanding his role on the professional divorce team is to help by providing informed guidance on mortgage financing opportunities and recognize potential legal or tax concerns that may arise.  He does not provide legal or tax advice, instead, Jim collaborates with family law attorneys, CFP’s, CPA’s and other members of the professional divorce team to meet the nest needs of the divorcing clients.
Please reach out to Jim at jim.bakhtiar@cardinalfinancial.com or 505-263-4888 to see how he may be a resource for you and your professional divorce team.
Jim is also available to provide:

  1. Expert Witness Testimony
  2. Continuing Legal Education credit presentations
  3. Mediation Consultation