by Christine Brown | Mar 25, 2021 | Divorce, Estate Planning
Estate planning offers legal protection for families and individuals through all of life’s transitions. Using tools such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives, estate planning helps individuals protect their wishes, safeguard their assets,...
by Christine Brown | Dec 30, 2018 | Divorce, Guardianships, Special Needs Planning |
Raising a child with special needs is challenging. Sadly, the stress of the situation contributes to the high rate of divorce among couples who are raising children with special needs. In fact, it is estimated that the rate of divorce in these households are between...
by Christine Brown | May 18, 2018 | Divorce, Estate Planning |
Manhattan Beach estate planning attorneys know, a divorce changes everything. If you are in the process of divorce or just finishing up, you are most likely busy trying to readjust to your new life. Although it’s a hectic time, it is important that you do not forget...
by Christine | Jan 28, 2016 | Divorce, Estate Planning |
You might not expect a lead singer who dies from an overdose of drugs and alcohol to leave behind a neat and tidy estate. We won't know until the dust clears on this $2 million plus battle. In the sad tradition of too many performers, Scott Weiland was only 48...
by Christine | Jan 16, 2016 | Divorce, Estate Planning |
An unexpectedly common problem that Torrance, California estate planning lawyers encounter is how the proceeds of an estate are handled when the beneficiary gets divorced. We don’t want to think of our children dealing with the pain of a divorce, but losing the...
by Christine | Jun 30, 2015 | Beneficiary Designation, Beneficiary Forms, Divorce, Estate Planning, Estates, LIfe Insurance, Trusts, Wills |
Fran had just learned that her deceased husband Ed’s life insurance proceeds were going to be paid to his ex-wife Sally. As Fran found out from her lawyer, beneficiary designations can be the trump card of estate planning. You heard that right. The ex-wife Sally will...
