[Hypno]

FYI, things are fluid but the Trump tax bill as it stands now will deny the tax deductibility for alimony paid via instruments dated after 12/31/17.

Unclear if this will survive but it likely will because it creates "funding" for other cuts.

Unclear if you need a decree or just a signed settlement agreement.

If enacted, this will be another transfer payment from men to women.

[doc holliday]

Actually the deductibility of alimony remains in place for any divorce agreement dated up to 12/31/2018. Any alimony awarded from 2019 on will not be. I'm guessing this could spark an elimination of alimony in many states and certainly a change in the way alimony is awarded now that it wont be tax deductible to the payor.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/15/pf/taxes...index.html