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Since 1981

Newton, Massachusetts

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DIVORCE AGREEMENT

 
Your Divorce Agreement may be of the most important document you will ever sign. Your mediator will draft the legal Divorce Agreement, which differs from the Memorandum document written by most mediators. The Memorandum cannot substitute for the Divorce Agreement in court.

 

Your comprehensive Divorce Agreement will include:

                                             1.         Legal custody of minor children

                                             2.         Physical custody and parenting schedules

                                             3.         Child support

                                             4.         College costs, educational trusts, and custodial accounts

                                             5.         Tax deductions/exemptions

                                             6.         Marital residence:  buyout, transfer, sale, joint ownership, tax

                                             7.         Consequences

                                             8.         Capital gains tax consequences upon sales and transfers of property

                                             9.         Medical insurance coverage for children and (divorced) ex-spouse

                                           10.       Life insurance coverage

                                           11.       Alimony

                                           12.       Self-employed, family or other business

                                           13.       Retirement/pension plans: 401K, 403B, , TIAA-CREF, IRA

                                           14.       Brokerage, bank, and investment accounts

                                           15.       Stock options, stocks, bonds and funds, whole/universal life insurance

                                           16.       Federal and Massachusetts taxes

                                           17.       Trusts: beneficial interests, irrevocable and revocable,

                                           18.       Investment/rental property: income, expenses, ownership and taxes    

                                           19.       Vehicles, house contents, and miscellaneous assets

                                           20.       Liabilities: charge card debt, car loans and lease, mortgage and equity line, promissory note, educational debt, and all other debt