Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

Divorce

My ex and I are in the process of coming to a divorce agreement between the two of us. He will be taking the house and the children and I are relocating. I have it written in the agreement that our children (ages 11 and 8) must be named as the sole beneficiaries of any current (he doesn't have any that I know of) or future life insurance policies personal or otherwise. also I have it written that as long as he is living in that house, if something were to happen to him (he dies) that the house is to be left to the children. Now i am wondering, if he remarries, would the fact that had a wife supersede our divorce agreement? For example, if when he remarried he put his new wife on the title of the house, then it would go to her in the event of his death? Or if he wanted to take out a life insurance policy for himself and name his wife as the beneficiary, could i fight it in court using our divorce agreement? Even if he has a will?


Asked on 3/05/08, 1:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gary Moore Gary Moore Attorney At Law

Re: Divorce

My impression is that you have written a property settlement agreement without the assistance of an attorney, but you seem to know that you don't really know how.

I will be glad to assist you with the preparation of the agreement. It is worth spending some money to protect against being totalling devastated, later on, by some hugh oversight.

Give me a call if you like. I will charge you a reasonable fee.

Gary Moore, Esquire

Hackensack, New Jersey

www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com

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Answered on 3/05/08, 1:18 pm


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