by Brandon Legal Group | May 30, 2018 | Divorce Attorneys, Estate Planning Attorney
Updating your will after divorce is crucial because you cannot assume that the terms of a divorce or even state laws will be able to revoke your ex-spouse as the beneficiary and overrule what is listed in these documents. Under the ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income...
by Brandon Legal Group | May 23, 2018 | Divorce Attorneys, Estate Planning Attorney, General Divorce, Insurance Changes After Divorce
Updating Your Will After Divorce Update Beneficiaries Some bigger assets may not be named in your will. These more valuable assets will be given to the beneficiaries provided by outside sources such as an insurance company or a bank. To be safe, you will want to update...
by Brandon Legal Group | May 18, 2018 | Divorce Attorneys, Estate Planning Attorney, Updating Your Will After Divorce
Updating your Will After Divorce Executor Designation You will want to make sure your ex-spouse is not listed as your executor in your will. The executor or personal representative is in charge of carrying out the terms listed in your will. If your ex is still listed...
by Brandon Legal Group | May 11, 2018 | Custody Attorneys, Estate Planning Attorney, General Divorce, Updating Your Will After Divorce
Updating Your Will After Divorce Naming guardians for your minor child Many parents with young children will create wills in order to designate a guardian. This person would be appointed by the court to be responsible for taking care of your children if both parents...
by Brandon Legal Group | May 4, 2018 | Estate Planning Attorney, General Divorce, Updating Your Will After Divorce
Updating Your Will After Divorce Leaving Property Pt. 3 – In states where leaving property to ex-spouses is not possible, the property would usually be dispersed in the same way it would if your ex-spouse had passed before you. The alternate (contingent) beneficiary...
by Brandon Legal Group | Apr 27, 2018 | Divorce Attorneys, Insurance Changes After Divorce, Updating Your Will After Divorce
Updating Your Will After Divorce Leaving Property Pt. 2 A lot of states revoke any gifts the will you made when you were married would leave to your ex-spouse. In California, both a divorce and annulment of marriage revokes the bequests to an ex-spouse in your will....
