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Wills, trusts, and powers of attorney aligned with your family law and financial goals.
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Wills, Trusts & Powers of Attorney
Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning Services
Divorce should always prompt a careful review of your estate plan. Beneficiary designations, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives may no longer reflect your current wishes after a marriage ends. Failing to update these documents can create unintended financial and legal consequences.
Phoenix Family Law Group assists clients in Cleveland and throughout Northeast Ohio in aligning divorce outcomes with updated estate planning strategies. By coordinating property division, support obligations, guardianship provisions, and inheritance planning, we help ensure that your financial future and your children’s security remain protected long after your divorce is finalized.
Proper estate planning is particularly important during and after divorce. Beneficiary designations, fiduciary appointments, and inheritance provisions should reflect your current circumstances.
Plan for the Future
Estate Planning After Divorce
Many clients overlook estate documents during emotionally difficult divorces. Updating your will, trust, and beneficiary forms ensures your assets pass according to your current wishes — not outdated designations naming a former spouse.
Guardianship designations for minor children are especially important. We work carefully to align your estate plan with your broader family law goals.
How We Help
Estate Planning Services
Phoenix Family Law Group provides strategic, compassionate representation tailored to your circumstances throughout Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.
Peace of Mind
Planning for the future provides peace of mind. Clear legal documentation protects both your assets and your loved ones.
Last Wills & Testaments
Documents reflecting your current wishes and family structure.
Revocable Living Trusts
Trust structures for asset management and probate avoidance.
Powers of Attorney
Financial decision-making authority if you become incapacitated.
Health Care Directives
Living wills and health care powers of attorney.
Guardianship Designations
Naming guardians for minor children.
Post-Divorce Updates
Coordinating estate plans with divorce decrees and property division.
Ohio Law
Coordinated Family Law & Estate Strategy
Estate planning intersects with property division, custody, and marital agreements. Coordinated advice helps prevent gaps between your divorce decree and your estate documents.
Kimberly L. Farias, Of Counsel, provides high-level drafting and legal research support for complex estate and family law coordination.
Serving Northeast Ohio
Cleveland & Surrounding Communities
Phoenix Family Law Group represents clients throughout Cuyahoga County and surrounding communities including Lakewood, Westlake, Rocky River, Parma, Strongsville, North Olmsted, and Middleburg Heights.
Our firm regularly appears in Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court and understands the procedural expectations of local judges and magistrates.
Cuyahoga County
Summit County
Lake County
Medina County
Geauga County
Lorain County
Portage County
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Beneficiary designations, wills, trusts, and powers of attorney often still name a former spouse after divorce. Failing to update these documents can cause assets to pass to unintended recipients or leave critical decisions to outdated appointments.
A will directs how assets pass at death and typically requires probate. A revocable living trust can manage assets during life and transfer them at death while potentially avoiding probate. Both should reflect your current family and financial situation.
A durable power of attorney allows someone you trust to manage financial matters if you become incapacitated. A health care power of attorney and living will address medical decisions. These documents are especially important during major life transitions such as divorce.
Guardianship designations in your will identify who should care for minor children if you cannot. After divorce, your choice may change. Coordination with custody orders and your broader family law goals is important.