Current Pennsylvania divorce law offers a two-year separation as grounds for divorce. This is known as no-fault divorce under Section §3301(d) of the Pennsylvania divorce code. It is typically used by couples who do not agree that the marriage is irretrievably broken. This allows the party that wants the divorce to proceed, after two years…
Changing your beneficiaries after divorce is extremely important, as illustrated by a 2007 case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. In this case, a husband designated his wife as primary beneficiary on his employer-provided life insurance policy. Four years after the couple divorced, the man died without having changed his primary beneficiary designation to his nephew,…
Updating your Will after your divorce is likely low on your “to do” list. Divorce itself is so wrought with paperwork – legal documents, correspondence, bank and financial records, reports – it’s not surprising that a person, upon receiving their final Divorce Decree, is hardly thinking about what happens when they die. Please, think again.…