{"id":24988,"date":"2018-02-12T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/?p=24988"},"modified":"2018-02-21T01:19:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T01:19:23","slug":"four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No matter the age, getting married later in life can be an exciting time. Many couples can overlook the legal aspects of joining two households. The following estate planning tips can ensure you\u2019re legally and lawfully protected after a marriage:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a will\n<ul>\n<li>No matter how old you are, developing a will is key to ensure all assets are left to your spouse. Some states will automatically grant property to the spouse, but developing a will that ensures this is the best practice. Drafting a will is crucial for ensuring your spouse is taken care of financially and legally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Update real estate documents\n<ul>\n<li>Do you own real estate property with your new spouse? If so, it can be beneficial to ensure both spouses are on home ownerships documents. By designating both spouses as joint tenants, you can avoid a probate process and ensure a surviving spouse will receive the property. Homestead laws can also differ from state to state, but can include a decrease in property tax and creditor protection in some situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Review your life insurance policy\n<ul>\n<li>Getting married is a major life event, and a great time to review your life insurance policy. Dependent on the couple\u2019s needs, it could be necessary to upgrade life insurance policies to ensure coverage is suitable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Develop powers of attorney and health advance directives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting married does not automatically guarantee power of attorney in the case of a serious incident where one spouse is unable to make health decisions for themselves. Power of attorney allows that person legal authority to make decisions if the principal individual is incapacitated. Ensuring power of attorney documents is a crucial step in estate planning to ensure spouses are properly protected in case of an emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact the law offices or Mortarello Law if you are looking for assistance in estate planning following a marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples \u00a0 No matter the age, getting married later in life can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[858,1050],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning","category-elder-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples - MMG Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples \u00a0 No matter the age, getting married later in life can be [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MMG Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-12T16:23:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-21T01:19:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"headline\":\"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-12T16:23:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-21T01:19:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":329,\"articleSection\":[\"Estate Planning\",\"Elder Law\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/\",\"name\":\"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples - MMG Resources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-12T16:23:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-21T01:19:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"MMG Resources\",\"description\":\"Company Portal\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\",\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"url\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"caption\":\"MediaBeast\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/author\\\/mediabeast\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples - MMG Resources","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples","og_description":"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples \u00a0 No matter the age, getting married later in life can be [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/","og_site_name":"MMG Resources","article_published_time":"2018-02-12T16:23:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-21T01:19:23+00:00","author":"MediaBeast","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MediaBeast","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/"},"author":{"name":"MediaBeast","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287"},"headline":"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples","datePublished":"2018-02-12T16:23:43+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-21T01:19:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/"},"wordCount":329,"articleSection":["Estate Planning","Elder Law"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/","url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/","name":"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples - MMG Resources","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-02-12T16:23:43+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-21T01:19:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/four-estate-planning-tips-recently-married-couples\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Four Estate Planning Tips for Recently Married Couples"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/","name":"MMG Resources","description":"Company Portal","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287","name":"MediaBeast","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","caption":"MediaBeast"},"url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/author\/mediabeast\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24989,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24988\/revisions\/24989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}