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,…
Read MoreUpdating 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.…
Read MoreDivorce. Scary, right? Okay, so here’s the story, you say. “My spouse is threatening to file for divorce. I am really scared. All I can think is: ‘Where will I find the money to survive?’ We have always shared the expenses, both checks go into the checking account and together we just make ends meet.…
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