I get divorced from my wife in Texas and have one heck of a party that night. I get killed driving home as I go off the road in my brand-new Harley at 100 MPH but smiling the whole way. I hadn’t changed beneficiary designations naming my wife as beneficiary in my will, my retirement benefits, my insurance, nor POD bank accounts. I did change the stock accounts to just my name and had named a new beneficiary. I had, even after the divorce, considerable personal property (cash, stocks, etc.) all which I had given to my (ex)wife under the existing/unchanged will. Ex-Wife smiles tremendously after a few crocodile tears. Is she going to be even happier or not? What is the probable result, and what should I have done, if anything?
