Having an up to date Will can be crucial to achieving your estate planning goals.
One of the most important things a Will can do is to name the person or persons who will raise your children if you die before your children turn 18.
In general terms, if a person has benefitted from a Qualified Partnership Plan Long Term Care Insurance policy, the person can keep extra amounts from Medicaid spend down that are equal to the benefits received from the Qualified Partnership Plan (QPP) Long Term Care Insurance policy.
While a lower income former spouse will often be awarded spousal support following an Oregon divorce, that support may be limited or reduced if the lower income former spouse has access to significant wealth or property.
Spousal support is a very complex area of law in Oregon.
A great many different arguments can be made as to whether support should be awarded after a divorce.
In Oregon there is (with rare exceptions) no such thing as community property.
However, property that is acquired during a marriage, unless it is acquired by inheritance, is generally subject to division upon a divorce.