Dear LFTP: a veteran's widow, survivor benefits, and the will
- A woman married 14 years to a retired veteran learns his ex-wife gets his survivor benefits and she is not his beneficiary on anything — what should she do?
Dear LFTP letter from a woman married 14 years to a retired US veteran: his ex-wife receives his survivor benefits from the divorce settlement, and she just discovered she is not his beneficiary on anything. The hosts' unanimous advice: have the conversation — he probably never thought about it — then see an attorney about the will. The 'Secular' answer agrees, adding that the estate plan may predate the marriage. The discussion broadens into the hosts admitting their own wills and life-insurance beneficiaries are out of date.
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Dear LFTP: the basement musician whose wife never asks him to play
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Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
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