Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Essential Estate Planning for Blended & Divorced Families

Free Webinar: October 27, 2011
Time: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Pacific Time
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Register in Advance, Space is Limited!

• Become equipped with techniques to properly advise divorced clients and blended families with respect to estate needs
• Discover the crucial steps that must be taken as soon as a divorce commences and how to protect    the divorcing client and his or her heirs
• Learn what to do about life insurance, business assets, lack of liquidity, retirement accounts, and estate planning documents, including advanced directives
• Receive CE Credit (1hr CPE/CLE)

Description:
Are you well prepared to properly advise your divorced clients? Do you feel comfortable identifying and addressing the estate needs of a blended family? This seminar will prepare you to properly advise in both scenarios.

On the divorce side, learn the critical steps that must be taken as soon as a divorce commences; how to protect the divorcing client and his or her heirs, what to do about life insurance, business assets, lack of liquidity, retirement accounts, and estate planning documents, including advanced directives.

We will discuss:

• Prenuptials, Postnuptials and Estate Planning
• What can a divorcing spouse do about his/her estate plan prior to judgment
• Post divorce planning - how to protect your client's assets and children post divorce
• Planning for Children - What happens to custody if both parents are incapacitated or die
• Estate Planning for Blended Families - Strategies and Pitfalls

Speaker:

Jane has over thirty years experience as a litigator and mediator and she brings experience as a business and a "high asset" family law litigator to her estate planning practice where she handles a variety of complex estate planning issues.

Also, as a mediator, having handled hundreds of alternative conflict resolution sessions, her negotiation and mediation skills assist families to settle their estate and asset issues.

Jane has been a frequent speaker to attorneys at Continuing Legal Education seminars and to community and professional groups. In addition, she has authored monthly columns for the Los Angeles Business Journal and the Washington State Trial Lawyers Newsletter as well as serving as a web editor.