In some circumstances, a Medicaid recipient, or even a person who is planning to make a Medicaid application, may be able to transfer their home to children who lived in the home with them for a certain period, and who provided a certain level of care during that period.
Until recently, it was quite clear in Oregon that a person could file for a divorce, even after a judicial settlement, and that the court could order something completely different in the divorce than was ordered or agreed on in the separation.
Some people wonder if they need a Will or other estate plan if they are ordinary middle class folks, or even people of moderate wealth, but who fall below the estate tax threshold.
Sometimes there is a situation where one side has filed a case in court first, and where the other side filed somewhat later, in another county, but achieved service on the first person first.
Some people decide not to have a Will because they expect to spend everything before they die.
While one can plan for this, sometimes death comes unexpectedly.
There might be a pandemic. Or, more prosaically, one might have a car accident.