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Foxboro area MA Estate Planning Atty. B. von Weiss: Effect of Divorce
The author Brigitte von Weiss of VON WEISS LAW OFFICE is an Easton MA estate planning and elder law attorney. 
Website:  vonweisslaw.com 
I am often asked "How does my divorce affect my estate plan?" 
The Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code (MUPC) became effective as of March 31, 2012.
Before the MUPC, Massachusetts law provided that divorce revoked the provisions in favor of a former spouse in a pre-existing Will (the former spouse was treated as having died first).  The net effect was that former spouse did not inherit directly under the Will and any nominations appointing the former spouse were void. 
The prior law was sometimes problematic.  For example, under the old law, the stepchildren potentially could inherit (even though the former spouse did not) since the former spouse was treated as having died first and, consequently, children of the former spouse were entitled to the share of the former spouse.  Also, under the prior law, the former spouse could still inherit non-probate assets (if the former spouse was still the named beneficiary, i.e., the beneficiary designations were not updated).  Lastly, under the old law, divorce did not revoke the provisions in a Will favoring family members of the former spouse and ... more

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