Many people feature their spouses predominantly in their estate plans, and if you are among them and your marriage winds up imploding, you may have cause to make some changes. Unless you take particular steps to limit how much power your ex retains over certain...
If you are ill or growing older, you may have many things on your mind about your future. While you certainly want to make plans for your estate and your assets, your health care may be of primary concern. Many in California have definite opinions about the kinds of...
According to Marriage.com, infidelity is among the most prominent problems in a marriage. It may include having emotional affairs or cheating. Similarly, having a one-night stand, short-term or long term affairs, having a relationship over the internet and physical...
When you think of a marriage as a legal contract, which it is, a prenuptial agreement is an entirely reasonable consideration. However, prenups are not very romantic, which may be why there has been a stigma attached to them for so long. With the possibility of...
Estate planning is not only for the rich but everyone who has a loved one. People need to plan what will happen to their assets after they are gone. It might not be a fun experience, but it helps avoid disputes. In a survey done by Caring, 57% of Americans have no...
Estate planning may seem like a gender-neutral process, but there are some special considerations that you may have to make if you are a woman that a man may not have to. One of the biggest influencing factors regarding estate planning for women is that women often...
Irrevocable trusts are known for having strict rules. If you decide to include one in your estate plan, you cannot touch the assets in it or make changes to it unless you have an agreement from the person named in the trust. Even then, it is not always easy to do much...
Alimony or spousal support is a payment from a person to his or her ex-spouse due to a court order. During your divorce, the court may award you spousal support or make you pay it. If you pay support, the court will also determine how long you will pay it. This is the...
