How did I get here? The rhyme and reason of late-life divorce -- Getting guidance : friends, family, and lawyers -- How things happen : ways to divorce -- Marital property : what is it and what do we do with it? -- Marital property : dividing assets and liabilities -- Financial survival during and after divorce -- The health care puzzle -- Estate planning and divorce -- Traveling other paths : alternatives to divorce -- Grabbing your bootstraps : survival stories.