No matter what type of divorce process you go through, Divorce is never easy! While a Collaborative Divorce will aid in maintaining family ties and co-parenting skills, the fact that you got Divorced means you’re just went through a major life change. Any Estate Planner worth their salt will tell you that any major life event, such as Divorce, will trigger substantial changes to your Estate Plan. Let’s look at the 6 Things you MUST do once your Divorce is Final: 1. Update your power of … [Read more...]
Filing for Divorce? Time to update your Estate Plan!
There are many things we think will NEVER happen to us. One of them would certainly be Divorce, because who would get married knowing it would set them up to go through one of the most difficult and emotionally draining periods of their life? The second NEVER, which sadly does happen, is that we are all at risk of becoming incapacitated or worse, dying before the Divorce is over. And while we sometimes hear horror stories of divorcing couples where the soon to be ex-spouse “got-everything” … [Read more...]