Topics covered include: Why is this Checklist Necessary?; The 8 Pre-martial Questions Tools; THE Divorce Checklist; Alimony and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Not Defining 'Support' Clearly; Characteristics of Alimony; Child Support; Joint Custody Issues; Marital Assets; Address the Day-to-Day Problems; The Final Year Tax Returns; Deducting Divorce Costs; Post-Divorce Arrangements Bifurcation. Upon completing this course, you should be able to: Identify ten key tax issues that have the most impact on divorcing couples; Differentiate correct statements regarding alimony and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Recognize proper statements regarding child support; Describe which items could be lost to AMT with respect to Form 8332; Recognize statements regarding the final year tax returns; Differentiate which divorce related costs to litigate are deductible or nondeductible; Identify when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect divorce agreements; Describe which form to file with respect to protecting the custody of exemptions; Differentiate types of alimony; Recognize which item is not waived by the custodial parent regarding the waiver of dependency; Identify a method for preventing a spouse from running up debts on the others credit card; Identify the effective date of the new California Family Code Section 70 with respect to establishing the date of separation.