Ron Platt: A Membership Model for Single and Divorced Families

Ron Platt spent years in insurance, business, and real estate, and time as a foster parent, before he built a membership group aimed squarely at single and divorced families. He argues that when you search for help with a divorce, you scroll past pages of attorneys before you reach anything that actually supports the family going through it.Ron Platt is the co-founder of NASDF, the National Association for Single and Divorced Families. He describes it as a not-for-profit membership association built on the model people know from AARP: you join, and a single organization gives you access to a pooled set of products, services, discounts, and support instead of hunting for each one on your own.In this episode, Platt lays out what the membership is designed to bundle, including mental-health sessions, real-estate referral rebates, and career re-entry help for a parent who stepped out of the workforce. He focuses on the piece he built first, an insurance product he calls Support Insured, meant to keep child support or alimony flowing if the paying parent dies, becomes disabled, or loses their income involuntarily. He distinguishes that from a parent who simply refuses to pay, which he says is already handled by the courts and the IRS.This is more of a product overview than a strategy conversation, so the details here are Ron's own account of what his organization offers. If it sounds useful for your situation, the current terms and coverage are on the NASDF site.As always, this is strategic education, not legal or mental-health advice for your specific situation.🎓 What you'll learnWhat a membership-association model for single and divorced families is trying to bundleThe idea behind Support Insured: continuing support if a paying parent dies, is disabled, or loses incomeThe line Ron draws between involuntary non-payment and a parent who simply won't payHow a group discount model (his "Costco" framing) is meant to lower costs at scaleWhere mental-health sessions, realtor rebates, and career help fit into the membershipWhy a lower-earning spouse can fall into a gap: too much income for free help, too little for a retainer⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:00 How "insurance for divorce" came up 1:45 What NASDF is: the AARP model 3:00 Mental-health and daycare benefits 3:40 Real-estate referral rebates for members 5:00 Career help for a returning stay-at-home parent 6:30 The retainer gap, and a planned legal-costs card 7:40 Support Insured, explained 11:40 Where to find NASDF, and the foster-care missionKeep going 💜 Book a free 30-minute discovery call and we'll help you map your next steps: https://beentheregotout.com/call 📘 Been There Got Out: Toxic Relationships, High-Conflict Divorce, and How to Stay Sane Under Insane Circumstances — https://www.amazon.com/dp/194627495X 📘 Been There Got Out: When Your Ex Turns the Kids Against You (our parental-alienation book) — https://www.amazon.com/dp/1967674183 🔗 NASDF, the National Association for Single and Divorced Families: https://www.nasdf.org/About Been There Got Out Chris Barry and Lisa Johnson are high-conflict divorce, custody, and co-parenting strategists, and the founders of Been There Got Out. They know these cases from the inside: both have successfully represented themselves in family court. Few attorneys have a playbook for a case like this — Chris and Lisa write yours with you, so you and your kids can get through it as unscathed as possible.