by Brandon Legal Group | Jul 31, 2025 | Estate Planning Attorney, General Divorce, Post Divorce, Updating Your Will After Divorce
A divorce decree marks the legal conclusion of your marriage, but it’s far from the final step in securing your future. While the focus during divorce is rightly on asset division, child custody, and alimony, one critical area often overlooked until it’s too late is...
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....
by Brandon Legal Group | Apr 6, 2018 | Insurance Changes After Divorce, Post Divorce, Updating Your Will After Divorce
Updating your will after divorce: Revoke your old estate planning documents and get a new one First and foremost you should tear up your old will or living trust to revoke them. Then get newly updated documents. If you never had a will, it may be in your best interest...
