Does Divorce Automatically Change Your Will in Ohio? Marriage, divorce, births, deaths, moves, and major financial changes can make an otherwise valid plan produce the wrong result. Review the entire plan, including beneficiary designations and powers of attorney, rather than changing only the will. Estate-planning decisions affect control during life, the transfer of property at death, taxes, probate, and the people who may need to act during a crisis. A document that works in one family can create conflict in another because assets, beneficiary ages, marriages, debts, and ownership arrangements differ. This guide explains the general Ohio framework in plain language and identifies the records and decisions that usually matter…