Remarrying at 50 can change who receives retirement money after death, who controls certain benefits, and whether an old divorce agreement still matters. The wedding license may take minutes, but untangling beneficiary forms and pension elections can take much longer.
That makes the months before a second marriage a useful time to open the financial filing cabinet. Old 401(k) forms, pension paperwork, divorce orders, IRA beneficiaries, and Social Security records can tell very different stories about the same family.
