by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Estate Planning, trust, will, Wills & Trusts
Updating Your Will After Divorce: Leaving Property Pt. 4 – Relying on state law also can create some uncertainty about what happens to the property you left to your former spouse if state law revokes that provision of your will. The general rule is that the...
by admin | Apr 16, 2018 | Estate Planning, trust, will, Wills & Trusts
Updating Your Will After Divorce: Leaving Property Part 3: In some states, gifts to relatives of your former spouse are also revoked by divorce. For example, Arizona law revokes gifts in a will made to anyone related to your former spouse by blood, adoption, or...
by admin | Apr 11, 2018 | Estate Planning, Insurance Trusts, trust, will, Wills & Trusts
How Life Insurance Works in Divorce: Accounting for cash value – Some life insurance policies, particularly whole life and universal life policies, accumulate cash value over time. Each month when you make your premium payment, a portion of that money enters a...
by admin | Apr 9, 2018 | Estate Planning, trust, will, Wills & Trusts
Updating Your Will After Divorce: Leaving Property Part 2: In most states, if you get divorced after making a will, any gifts that your will makes to your former spouse are automatically revoked. For example, California law states that dissolution (divorce) or...
by admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Estate Planning, will, Wills & Trusts
Updating Your Will After Divorce: During and directly after a divorce, the last thing on your mind is estate planning. During this time it is of great importance that you update your will, or your ex-spouse might be a beneficiary. A will is where you: Leave your...
by admin | Mar 19, 2018 | & estate litigation, Estate Planning, trust, will, Wills & Trusts
Updating your will after divorce: During the emotional turmoil of a divorce, estate planning may be the last thing on your mind. After a divorce, it is paramount that you update your will or your ex-spouse could inherit. Revoke your will and make a new one Start by...
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