Participants will learn how to apply, implement and evaluate the strategic tax aspects of marital dissolutions and living together arrangements. Current perspectives on property transfers and asset divisions are examined, emphasizing planning considerations. This course reviews property settlements and other transfers incident to divorce. Basis allocation, third-party transfers and purchases between spouses are also examined. Common pitfalls for the unwary such as transfers in trust, installment notes and purchases between spouses, are analyzed. Application of these tax principles is exampled in selected asset divisions of the residence, business interests, insurance and pension benefits.