While most states have back-up or statutory default protections to address post-divorce decree situations regarding the parties’ property that they fail to address in the martial settlement agreement or divorce decree, such as treating an ex-spouse remaining in a will as pre-deceased, many issues are not covered or the default solution may not be what the parties want. The failure of your divorce to address these issues can leave them open to future animosity and litigation. The best time to resolve them is before the divorce is final.
Some often neglected issues that should be resolved before the divorce decree