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Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.

Navigating Divorce in Arizona: Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Your Estate Plan

Jaburg Wilk on 2/28/2025

Divorce is an emotional and complex process, but one important aspect that often gets overlooked is your estate plan. If you don’t update it, your estranged spouse could still inherit your assets or make crucial financial and...more

[Webinar] Financial Services - Trust Issues In Divorce Proceedings - May 24th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CT

Winstead PC on 4/21/2022

This presentation covers trust issues that arise in divorce disputes, such as spouses creating an irrevocable trust, fraud claims to void a trust, conflict of interest issues raised by the same attorney drafting both spouse’s...more

Plan Ahead to Make Summer Memories at the Family Cabin Last Forever

Ruder Ware on 6/17/2021

Summertime is a special time of year in Wisconsin. It brings many families to cabins where they create memories and traditions that will be cherished forever. However, many problems arise if families do not create a plan...more

Premarital planning - Protecting your assets without a prenup

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/3/2015

Protecting family assets in the event of a divorce is particularly significant for family business owners, who typically want to avoid sharing ownership with their ex-spouses or their children’s ex-spouses. A prenuptial...more

Distributions From A Texas Trust Deemed Separate Property

Gray Reed on 3/11/2014

Conventional wisdom is that a spouse’s earnings from separate property are community property. But it’s not that simple. In Benavides v. Mathis a Texas court denied wife Leticia’s claim to one-half of the income derived from...more

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