Protect Your Child’s Inheritance in a Second Marriage
The portion the surviving spouse can claim depends on the circumstances.
September 24, 2025
How Do You Protect Your Child’s Inheritance in a Second Marriage?
Make sure that you have a will and up-to-date beneficiary designations on all of your bank accounts, life-insurance policies and brokerage accounts.
July 2, 2025
How Does a No-Contest Clause Protect Your Will?
The stakes are high for heirs who expect a hefty inheritance.
April 8, 2025
Revising Estate Planning Ensures Assets Are Protected Post-Divorce
Divorce significantly impacts estate planning, requiring updates to wills, trusts and beneficiary designations to ensure that assets are distributed according to new intentions.
March 5, 2025
How to Leave an Inheritance to Your Child but Not Their Spouse
Safeguard your married child’s inheritance with trusts, prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements.
October 21, 2024
Estate Planning is Critical for a Single Parent
Single parents must carefully consider each option when preparing their estates. By creating an intentional plan, parents can ensure their wishes will be honored for their children.
August 15, 2024
Addressing your Estate Planning during Divorce is Critical
Estate planning and divorce are intricate processes, each filled with legal nuances and detailed accounting (to say nothing of the emotions involved).
July 31, 2024
Updating Beneficiaries after Gray Divorce
Explore critical steps for updating beneficiaries after a mid to late-life divorce to protect assets and secure loved ones’ futures.
May 30, 2024
Divorce Impacts your Estate Plan
Divorce significantly affects your estate plan. Therefore, it’s crucial to take timely action to revise it. If you’re going through a divorce or have recently finalized one, it may be time to review and update your estate plan.
February 26, 2024
Be cautious using Portability in a Second Marriage Estate Plan
The family’s attorney and family office advisors should exercise caution in a marriage in which there are children from a prior marriage or other nonstandard family situations.
July 19, 2023