Course Details
Author: Brette Sember, J.D.
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Publication/Revision Date: 3/19/2026
Course Exam Questions (online): 25 (multiple-choice)
Program Delivery Method: Self-Study
Available Formats of Course Text: PDF or PDF plus printed copy sent in the mail
Course Level, Prerequisites, and Advance Preparation Requirements
| License | Course Level | Prerequisites | Advance Preparation Requirements |
|---|
| CFP® | Overview | None | None |
| CDFA® | Overview | None | None |
* This program is appropriate for professionals at all organizational levels.
Sponsor ID Numbers
CFP Board Sponsor ID: 1008 — Course ID: 298406
Registered with the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Learning Objectives
As a result of studying the course material, you should be able to meet the objectives listed below:
- Recognize the financial impact a divorce creates
- Comprehend the need for organization after a divorce
- Identify the documents and passwords needed to organize your financial life
- Detail what needs to be identified and understood to get a handle on finances
- Explain how to organize information and set up a bill-paying system
- Recognize the relationship between spousal and child support and divorce
- Understand what a child support collection agency is and how to pay support
- Identify the ways to collect support payments
- Detail the types of children's expenses that may be a payable and how payment is calculated and made
- Specify where and when to change a person's name after divorce
- Comprehend the various items that need to be finalized and how to do so
- Identify how to resolve joint credit card balances after divorce
- Recognize the options for resolving the mortgage
- Explain how a lease is handled after divorce
- Understand the implications of divorce on taxes
- Comprehend the impact of divorce on retirement
- Determine the options for and implications of selling the marital home
- Explain what to consider in evaluating the credit report
- Identify considerations in applying for new credit
- Understand the options for and implications of bankruptcy
