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Reaffirming Your Life Insurance Beneficiaries After Divorce

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BEWARE: YOU MAY NOT REALLY BE THE BENEFICIARY OF YOUR EX’S LIFE INSURANCE POLICY Effective July 1, 2012, you are not considered the beneficiary of your ex spouse’s life insurance policy even if you are named as the beneficiary, UNLESS your ex spouse reaffirms you as the beneficiary after the divorce decree has been entered. This change in the law is extremely critical since it is to be applied retroactively. So, if you are divorced and your divorce decree provides that you are to be the beneficiary of a life insurance policy to secure child support or spousal support payments, you MUST...

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Florida Law Declares Beneficiary Void After a Divorce

Does a divorce decree override a named beneficiary in Florida? If a former spouse is listed as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy, that spouse is voided as a beneficiary after a divorce pursuant to Florida Law. This provision also applies to employee benefits plans, retirement accounts, payable upon death accounts, other accounts that are payable upon death, and annuities or other similar contracts. After a divorce in Florida it is important to update the beneficiary on all of your accounts, as your former spouse will be automatically voided as the beneficiary. This means that the benefits will pass pursuant to...

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Is an inheritance a marital asset?

Often times the issue of inheritance comes up during a marriage. When is inheritance a martial assets and when is it not? The definition of a martial asset that we use is it's an asset that's accumulated during the marriage as a results of efforts expended during the marriage. So if you get an inheritance during the marriage, it's received during the marriage but it's not received or gained as a result of any efforts you or your spouse expended during the marriage. Therefore, it's not a marital asset. But guess what -- if you take that inheritance and you...

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