Mississippi Family Law Blog

It may be time to review your Will

Chances are that you have a Will somewhere that you had drawn up when your children were born. Depending on how long ago that was, you should probably dig it out, review it and then talk to an attorney about updating your estate plan to account for your current family situation.

It may be that nothing much has changed. Or you may have gotten a divorce several years back, even gotten remarried but never changed your estate planning documents to reflect these major life changes.

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"The Last Lecture" Professor Dies

Randy Pausch, who presented "The Last Lecture" as well as wrote a book by the same name, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 47. I have talked about Randy on my website and urged folks to watch the video of "The Last Lecture" and read his book. This man truly understood the importance of living a legacy for your children. God Bless him and his family.

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When you divorced, did you modify your estate plan?

For many couples going through divorce, the focus is on the divorce process and its aftermath. With the wave of emotions involved in the divorce, many forget about their estate plan. Ask yourself some simple questions which apply both during and after the divorce process.

• Do you want your soon-to-be ex-spouse making the decisions are to your medical care should you become disabled?


• Do you want your soon-to-be ex-spouse to get all your money should you die?


• Have you updated the beneficiary forms for your life insurance?


• Have you updated the beneficiary forms for your retirement plan?


• Have you updated your Will removing your spouse as a beneficiary?


• Have you updated your trusts removing your spouse as a beneficiary?

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