Category Archives: Same Sex Divorce
Estate Planning Oversights That Create Additional Issues During Same-Sex Divorce
Divorce affects more than property ownership, support, and parenting arrangements. Estate planning documents may still give a spouse rights over financial accounts, property, or important financial decisions while a divorce is pending. Beneficiary forms, trusts, wills, and powers of attorney may also change at different points in the dissolution process. Same-sex spouses may enter… Read More »
Frozen Embryos and Gamete Disputes in Same-Sex Divorce
Assisted reproductive technology often plays a central role in how LGBTQ couples build their families. One spouse can contribute eggs, the other can carry the pregnancy, donor sperm can be used, or embryos can remain in storage for a future child. Divorce can leave those plans unfinished and force decisions that neither spouse expected… Read More »