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Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Mamma Mia!: Common Estate Planning Issues for Blended Families

Welcome to The Verdict: Estate Planning Through Film. I'm Hons Yung, and today I’m joined by Farella Senior Associate Taylor Porter to discuss the movie Mamma Mia! With ABBA's blend of pop, rock, and disco setting the tone,...more

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Why You Need to Update Your Estate Planning After a Divorce

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Divorce is a major life change that affects far more than just your relationship status. One crucial—but often overlooked—aspect that needs immediate attention after a divorce is your estate plan. Failing to update your...more

Lewitt Hackman

Second Marriage Prenup: Protecting Your Assets and Loved Ones

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While second marriages represent a fresh start and an exciting journey, consider the potential financial and legal outcomes before you re-tie the knot. A prenuptial agreement (prenup), a contract that outlines both spouses’...more

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

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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

Fox Rothschild LLP

More on the Intersection of Family Law, Estate Law and Federal Law

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In November of 2023, I did a post on this blog titled The Intersection of Family Law, Estate Law and Federal Law, regarding the reported Appellate Division case In the Matter of Michael D. Jones, Deceased. That case dealt...more

The Estate Lawyers

Divorce Need Not Ignite Estate Litigation, But Too Often It Does

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Certain life events demand that estate planners work with client testators to adjust their estate plans. Divorce and remarriage are at the top of that list. When matrimony devolves into acrimony – setting the stage for...more

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Leaving the United States? Consider Your Kids’ Plans

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Welcome to "Lost in Translation: Blunders in International Estate Planning." This blog series explores the intricacies of international estate planning, uncovering potential pitfalls and providing insights to navigate...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Remember to Adjust Your Estate Plan During or After a Divorce

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Married couples often have wills naming one another as their primary beneficiary. People also often name their spouse as beneficiary of retirement accounts and life insurance policies. Upon commencing a divorce action,...more

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Don’t Let Your Dead Body Become “A Loose Ball.”

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Forgive the title but this is written amidst the Eagles-Vikings game and on the same date as Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Commentators noted that the Queen’s final event was more than a generation in the planning and was...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

I Created An Estate Plan When My Spouse And I Had Kids, Why Should I Update It Now?

When you were younger, after getting married and having children, you met with a lawyer and created an estate plan. Now the kids are grown, finished with college, and are is settled in their adult lives. Of your three...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Asset Protection 101: Are You and Your Family Protected from Litigation, Creditors, and Divorce?

Presented by Cohen Seglias Attorneys Brian Lawton and Whitney Patience O'Reilly on January 23, 2020. It can take years to accumulate assets and increase the value of your business and investments. Unfortunately, without an...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Webinar] Asset Protection 101: Are You and Your Family Protected from Litigation, Creditors, and Divorce? - January 23rd, 12:00...

It can take years to accumulate assets and increase the value of your business and investments. Unfortunately, without an asset protection plan, you could lose everything or a significant portion of what you have worked so...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Estate Planning During a Divorce: Four Key Considerations

You have planned your life carefully. With your spouse you have drawn up a will and established trusts to organize your estate after your deaths. You have made decisions about the guardianship of your children should anything...more

Jaburg Wilk

Getting Divorced? Don’t Forget to Update your Estate Plan

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Why do estate planning documents need to be updated when a couple is getting divorced? This simple story illustrates one of the key reasons. An Arizona couple had been married for several years and during their marriage had...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Lessons to be Learned From the Power of Attorney

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Powers of attorney and trust instruments have each been the subject of many an estate plan. They each have also been the subject of multiple estate litigations. In combination, the two have served as fodder for controversies...more

JD Supra Perspectives

5 Estate Planning Mistakes You Should Try to Avoid

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In your experience, what’s the most costly mistake people make when preparing estate plans, and what can they do to fix them? That’s the question we recently put to attorneys writing on JD Supra....more

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