Divorce Attorney Referral Program
When Divorce Is Final, Your Client's Estate Plan Still Names the Ex-Spouse
In Georgia, beneficiary designations are not automatically revoked by divorce. Your client's life insurance, retirement account, and power of attorney may still point to a former spouse. We close that gap after every case you finalize.
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The Gap You See Every Day
What Happens to an Estate Plan When the Divorce Is Final
Most of your clients have some version of an estate plan from their marriage. A joint revocable trust, a will that names their spouse, a durable power of attorney. The moment divorce is final, none of those documents reflect their actual life anymore. In Georgia, the divorce decree does not automatically revoke beneficiary designations, does not strip the ex-spouse from a power of attorney, and does not restructure a joint trust.
If your client dies or becomes incapacitated before updating those documents, their ex-spouse may have legal authority over their finances, their healthcare decisions, and in some cases their estate. That is not a hypothetical. It is what happens when the gap between the final decree and the estate plan update goes unfilled.
You cannot handle that update yourself — it is outside your practice area. But you can make the introduction that closes the gap. That is what this program is for.
What Your Client Leaves Behind
- In Georgia, divorce does not automatically remove an ex-spouse from a life insurance policy or retirement account — they inherit if the client dies before acting
- A power of attorney that still names an ex-spouse gives that person legal authority over your client's finances and medical decisions after divorce
- A joint revocable trust created during marriage cannot simply be amended to remove one grantor — it must be restructured
- A will drafted during marriage may still direct assets to the ex-spouse's family for property not covered by beneficiary designations
- Minor children from the marriage have no named guardian in most post-divorce estate plans until the surviving parent acts
How It Works
Three Steps From Final Decree to Updated Plan
You share one resource
At the final decree, give your client the Post-Divorce Estate Planning Checklist. One page. It lists every document and account they need to review — and includes a direct contact for Melissa's office. That is the whole handoff.
We respond within 24 hours
When your client contacts Melissa's office, they get a same-day response. We review every document that names the former spouse and tell your client exactly what needs to change and in what order.
Their plan matches their life
We handle the trust restructure, the updated will, the new powers of attorney, and the healthcare directive. We coordinate the beneficiary update conversation with their financial advisor and insurance agent. You get confirmation when the plan is done.
How the Partnership Works
A Simple Introduction After Every Final Decree
Divorce attorneys have told us the same thing: they know the estate plan needs updating, but they cannot do it themselves and they do not have a reliable attorney to send clients to. The relationship falls through after the decree. The client intends to update their plan and does not.
This program gives you a reliable handoff. After finalization, you share one resource with your client — a Post-Divorce Estate Planning Checklist that lists every document and account they need to review. That checklist includes Melissa’s contact. From there, we handle the rest.
We tell you when your client has engaged with us. We do not give legal advice that crosses into family law. When clients come to us who need a family law attorney for post-decree modifications, guardianship disputes, or related matters, we refer them back to attorneys we trust.
Most divorce attorney referral relationships to an estate attorney end the moment the decree is signed. The attorney gets the referral, the client gets the plan, and six months later nobody remembers the relationship exists. This one is built so that does not happen.
Beyond The Referral
Every other estate attorney asking for referrals says the same things: fast response, no poaching, no fees. That is the floor, not the value. Here is what actually comes with being an active partner, regardless of how many clients you send this year:
A Free Personal Estate Plan
Once you complete partner orientation, we draft your will at no cost. Not a discount. Free, one time, no strings.
A Spot in a Small Group of Vetted Professionals
We connect active partners with other professionals who serve the same clients you do, so referrals move in more than one direction.
A Feature in a Real Client Story
When a shared client agrees to it, we build a short video covering their situation and how the plan came together, and you are part of that story.
An Annual Look at Your Own Practice
Once a year, we review your book from an estate-planning risk angle and flag anything your own clients are exposed to.
Training Built Around What Comes Up in Your Client Meetings
Tell us the questions you are fielding, and we build a session around it you can send to your own client list.
We Send Clients Back to You
Every client who goes through a divorce and then works with us on their updated estate plan gets asked who their divorce attorney was. If they had a good experience, we ask whether they are open to reconnecting for future needs. If the answer is yes and that attorney is a partner, we make the introduction.
When we update a beneficiary designation, revoke a joint trust, or help a client retitle property after a decree, there are often follow-on legal questions that belong with the divorce attorney, not with us. We route those back. If that attorney is you, it is a reactivated client relationship you do not have to chase.
The People Behind the Work
We are a husband-and-wife firm. Your client works with Melissa directly, never a paralegal.
Melissa Breyer
Estate Planning Lawyer
Handles your client’s plan start to finish.
Shawn Breyer
Operations & Marketing
Handles onboarding, operations, and marketing.
Our promise
When you send us a client, you are putting your name on us. We treat every client like your reputation depends on it, because it does. You will hear from us within one business day, and again when the work is done. You will never wonder what happened.
Melissa Breyer
Georgia Estate Planning Attorney
Melissa Breyer works specifically with clients navigating estate plan updates after major life changes, including divorce. She knows what a post-divorce estate plan gap looks like and what it costs a family when it is not closed before the next crisis. When you refer a client to her, she handles every document that names the former spouse — and communicates back to you when it is done. You do not have to wait for a referral to give a client something useful. Ask us for the post-divorce estate planning checklist, and use it at the point when clients ask what comes next after the decree.