Once you are divorced, your former spouse is usually not entitled to inherit any money from you upon your death. But can you protect your assets from your soon to be ex-spouse during a divorce, should you die during your divorce proceedings?

Nobody knows what the future holds, yet we go about our daily lives making plans for the future assuming that we will be here to do what we plan.  There is nothing wrong with that. However, having a will allows you to plan for the future of your loved ones, and it will give you the freedom to declare how you want to dispose of your belongings when you pass away. 

If you adjusted your status based on a marriage to a U.S. citizen before your second marriage anniversary, then your green card came with certain conditions, meaning that your green card expires in 2 years instead of 10. This also means you'll have to remove the conditions within 90 days of that expiration date by filing Form I-751 jointly with your U.S. citizen spouse to receive the 10-year permanent resident card.

But what happens if you and your spouse divorce before your conditional green card expire? Can you still remove the conditions and get the 10-year card? The answer is “yes.”