Course Description
This is a Beacon Hill Course-in-a-BookTM title: A self-study CE course that is based on an industry book that is popular with financial professionals.
For this Course-in-a-BookTM title, you have two purchase options:
– Purchase the “Hardcopy Book (mailed), Online Exam” or
– Purchase the “Online Exam ONLY (You Have the Book)” – In this case you already own the book or you will be purchasing the e-Book from the publisher.
Course Description
This course was updated on 6/6/2024.
This course and exam are based on the book Essential Guide to Divorce by Emily Doskow, J.D. (10th ed., 2024, Nolo).
The course covers the emotional and financial challenges faced by clients who divorce later in life and who can face complicated issues of blended families, health care concerns, and retirement planning.
The course will help financial planners prepare for engagements with clients who are going through a divorce. The course covers:
- An overview of the divorce process
- Factors that lead to costly divorces and options for resolving tough divorce-related financial issues
- Essential financial information that needs to be gathered
- Child support and custody
- Alimony
- Property division, including family businesses
- Debt
- Retirement benefits
- Tax consequences and planning considerations
- Legal rights
- Working with other advisors, lawyers, or mediators.
