4 Tips for your Post-Divorce Estate Plan with Pamela Maass | Episode 57

Post-Divorce Estate Planning: Four Critical Steps Everyone Should TakeIn this episode of Divorce at Altitude, Ryan Kalamaya is joined by estate planning attorney Pamela Maass—known as The Law Mother—for a practical conversation about post-divorce estate planning. Pamela shares her background as a former Boulder County prosecutor and explains how seeing families struggle through messy probate cases led her to focus on proactive estate planning, especially for individuals navigating divorce.The discussion focuses on four essential estate-planning steps after divorce: updating beneficiary designations, revising financial and medical powers of attorney, updating wills or trusts, and considering long-term asset protection strategies for children. Ryan and Pamela also explore the overlap between divorce law and estate planning, including automatic injunctions during divorce, the risks of outdated documents, and why failing to plan can unintentionally give control to an ex-spouse. The episode highlights how post-divorce planning restores control, protects children, and prevents future conflict.Guest InformationPamela Maass is a Colorado-based estate planning attorney and founder of Law Mother. She focuses on trust-based planning, asset protection, and helping families especially those impacted by divorce avoid probate and plan proactively for incapacity and death. Pamela serves clients statewide and is also the host of a podcast supporting working parents.Episode OutlineWhy Estate Planning Matters After Divorce How divorce creates legal gaps and unintended consequences without updated documents.Updating Beneficiaries Life insurance, retirement accounts, workplace benefits, and common oversights.Powers of Attorney and Health Decisions Why ex-spouses should not control medical or financial decisions.Wills vs. Living Trusts Keeping assets out of probate and protecting children’s inheritances.Asset Protection for Children Using dynasty and lifetime trusts to protect future inheritances.Blended Families and Long-Term Planning Balancing new relationships with obligations to children from prior marriages.What is Divorce at Altitude? Ryan Kalamaya and Amy Goscha provide tips and recommendations on issues related to divorce, separation, and co-parenting in Colorado. Ryan and Amy are the founding partners of an innovative and ambitious law firm, Kalamaya | Goscha, that pushes the boundaries to discover new frontiers in family law, personal injuries, and criminal defense in Colorado. To subscribe to Divorce at Altitude, click here and select your favorite podcast player. To subscribe to Kalamaya | Goscha's YouTube channel where many of the episodes will be posted as videos, click here.  If you have additional questions or would like to speak to one of our attorneys, give us a call at 970-429-5784 or email us at [email protected].************************************************************************DISCLAIMER: THE COMMENTARY AND OPINIONS ON THIS PODCAST IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE. CONTACT AN ATTORNEY IN YOUR STATE OR AREA TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES.