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Family-Law MSA (Separation / Marital Settlement) review

Family-law marital settlement / separation agreement under state divorce codes. Execution formalities cannot be verified from text alone.

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What it checks

Parties + separation date recital

Family-law MSA must identify the spouses and recite the date of separation.

Critical · EST-053

Division of marital / community property + debts

MSA must allocate property and debts between the parties.

Critical · EST-054

Spousal support / alimony — amount + duration

MSA must address spousal support / alimony or expressly waive.

Critical · EST-055

Child custody + parenting plan + child support

MSAs involving minor children must address custody, parenting plan, and child support.

Critical · EST-056

Tax provisions — dependency exemption / filing status

MSA should address tax issues (dependency / child tax credit, filing status, IRC § 71 alimony treatment post-TCJA).

Warning · EST-057

Retirement-plan division — QDRO / federal court order

MSAs dividing qualified retirement plans must reference a QDRO (or, for federal employees, the court order FERS / CSRS or the TSP requires).

Warning · EST-058

Incorporation / merger into judgment + execution

MSA must address whether it will be incorporated / merged into the divorce judgment and include execution block.

Critical · EST-059

Execution formalities cannot be verified from text alone

States on every trust, estate and family-law analysis that execution formalities (witnesses, notary, holographic and other state-specific requirements) cannot be verified from the document's text.

Note · EST-060

Every run also applies 115 general checks that belong to any agreement: structure, parties and signatures, defined terms, cross-references, dates, amounts, and one-sided terms.

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