After a divorce, most people assume that the divorce decree has taken care of everything relating to their shared assets and finances.  Unfortunately, this is not always true.  After a divorce decree is signed, there are several important steps that need to be addressed to fully complete the process, particularly in the area of estate planning.   One vital step after a divorce is to update estate planning documents and beneficiary designations, or to get an estate plan in place if one has never been prepared.  For example, if your planning documents were based on a marriage relationship that no longer exists, it is probably necessary to update your documents to reflect your desires for your executors and agents.  Also, it usually the case that …