SPECIAL ISSUES WITH DIVORCE SETTLEMENTS
01.Core Concepts
• Medical Insurance • Treated as alimony in entirety if the agreement does not specify what part was for the child’s support • Life Insurance • Payee spouse is owner Premium payments made by payor spouse are alimony. • Cash values are not considered to be alimony. • Payee spouse is named as beneficiary. Premium payments are not alimony. Death benefit included in payor spouse’s estate Death benefit is tax free to payee spouse.