{"id":5513,"date":"2016-10-16T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2016-10-16T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T09:00:11","slug":"3-things-know-estate-planning-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-things-know-estate-planning-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things to Know About Estate Planning and Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Once you are married, you stay that way legally until a judge signs a divorce decree. If you are separated from your spouse but not divorced and then you die or become disabled, your estranged spouse may still have legal control over you and your estate. \u3000Worse, your estranged spouse may be legally entitled to receive your estate. \u3000The good news is that you can change this. \u3000Here are 3 things you should know about estate planning and divorce.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">1. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR ESTATE PLAN ANY TIME YOU WANT<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-things-know-estate-planning-divorce\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 3 Things to Know About Estate Planning and Divorce\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Once you are married, you stay that way legally until a judge signs a divorce decree. If you are separated from your spouse but not divorced and then you die or become disabled, your estranged spouse may still have legal control over you and your estate. \u3000Worse, your estranged spouse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 Things to Know About Estate Planning and Divorce|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you are separated or divorced and have questions about what you should do with your estate planning, we can help. 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