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Heir Tight: Locking Down the Legacy

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A child’s wedding is an exciting and deeply meaningful milestone for any parent. It also marks a period of significant change, not only in your child’s life but in your own as well. As with any major life transition, it is...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Love Actually: Planning Considerations for Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, the Death of a Spouse, and More

Welcome to The Verdict: Estate Planning Through Film. Today, Farella podcast host Hons Yung is joined by Gigi Orta, a managing director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, to discuss the movie Love Actually. Gigi and Hons...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Protecting Same-Sex Marriage Assets in Michigan If Obergefell is Ever Overturned

When the Supreme Court made its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, same-sex couples across the country gained the right to marry. But with recent shifts in the legal landscape, such as the overturning of Roe...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

PreNuptial Agreements in the Age of Great Wealth Transmission.

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Axios published an article this week about what it terms the “growing acceptance” of prenuptial agreements. The sum of the article is based on a Harris poll reporting that 50% of those interviewed support the idea of couples...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Wendy & Jen Wreck the Movies: Addams Family Values, or “The Nanny Tried to Do It”

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What happened: Fester Addams, a wealthy bachelor, wants nothing more than to find a great love like that between his older brother Gomez and his wife Morticia, but he is too trusting and easily mislead. Following the...more

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See No Evil? Premarital Agreement May Cause Spouse to Lose Inheritance and Role as Administrator of Estate

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We write today about probate law, premarital agreements and the importance of doing your homework. In Estate of Eskra (2022) ___ Cal.App.5th.____, the First District Court of Appeal upheld a Humboldt County Superior Court...more

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Protecting Your Inheritance with a Prenuptial Agreement

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When you're planning a wedding, discussing a prenuptial agreement with your soon-to-be spouse may not seem exciting or may even feel uncomfortable. Yet, no one knows what the future holds, and a prenuptial agreement can...more

Ruder Ware

Protecting Your Inheritance

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So you’ve received an inheritance and you’re married. The person who left you the inheritance probably intended for it to benefit you, not your spouse, if you get divorced. How do you protect the inheritance?...more

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I Expect an Inheritance: Do I Really Need a Prenuptial Agreement?

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YES! If you don’t have a prenuptial agreement the California Family Code applies. You might as well familiarize yourself with California law and decide whether you want to opt out via a prenuptial agreement....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Wills, Trusts & Estates: Plain and Simple – Estate Planning for the Second Marriage: “Protecting” the Kids

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What is one of the things that kids from a first marriage worry about when their parent re-marries? The “evil” step-parent getting it all, of course. Many parents struggle with the problem of alleviating the fears of their...more

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