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How Divorce Can Affect Your Estate Plan

2025-07-03T10:16:44-04:00

Going through or having gone through a divorce can significantly impact your existing estate plan. If your documents are not updated, unintended beneficiaries—such as an ex-spouse—could inherit money or property that you intended for someone else. It’s important to understand that the filing of a divorce petition and the final entry of the dissolution of [...]

How Divorce Can Affect Your Estate Plan2025-07-03T10:16:44-04:00

No Love Lost: The Case for Opening Sessions in Mediation

2025-06-25T09:59:45-04:00

Often, parties come to mediation with a great deal of animosity toward the other side. This frequently results in a request that there be no opening session. I am a big proponent of opening sessions in which the parties can hear the factual and legal positions directly from the other side, in a conversational manner, [...]

No Love Lost: The Case for Opening Sessions in Mediation2025-06-25T09:59:45-04:00

Estate Plans, Elder Law, and Real Property: How They Intersect

2025-04-30T12:13:59-04:00

Elizabeth “Liz” Allen, JD, LLM, has been with Gibbons | Neuman firm and practicing law for 35 years and focuses on people concerned with losing financial security and quality of life due to the cost of long-term health problems and disabilities. Liz’s primary areas of practice are Elder Law and Estate Planning. Rod Neuman has been [...]

Estate Plans, Elder Law, and Real Property: How They Intersect2025-04-30T12:13:59-04:00

The Benefits of Using a Professional Fiduciary as a Trustee

2025-04-29T15:25:33-04:00

When it comes to estate planning, one of the most critical decisions you’ll make is who will manage your trust and ensure that your beneficiaries receive their inheritance as you intended. While it’s common for family members to take on this role, there are many situations where naming a professional fiduciary—an independent, third-party trustee—may be [...]

The Benefits of Using a Professional Fiduciary as a Trustee2025-04-29T15:25:33-04:00
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