Posts Tagged ‘children’
Blended Families Require Different Estate Planning Tactics
With Thanksgiving this week, I thought we’d post our blog early. This also seemed like a good time to discuss family, especially blended families which are becoming more and more common these days. According to the American Psychological Association, 40-50 percent of married couples in the United States divorce. The divorce rate for subsequent marriages…
READ MORE →Three Documents Your 18-Year-Old Needs, 2021 Edition
Here in Arizona, as kids turn 18, they are considered adults and parents don’t have the same legal authority to make choices for them any longer. If your 18 year old is temporarily or permanently unable to make choices (due to an illness or injury), no one would be able to intervene in medical or…
READ MORE →Who Should I Choose as Guardian of My Children?
That is one of the hardest questions for people to answer. Looking at my current list of open cases, I have three or four clients that have not been able to finish the planning process because of this very issue. While the estate planning process usually only takes a few weeks to complete, I have…
READ MORE →Happy Mother’s Day 2017!
It’s almost Mother’s Day and I’ve been reading great stories about moms and their kids. Most of the stories are about moms who have sacrificed and moved mountains both big and small to protect their kiddos of all ages. It is intrinsic as a parent to want to be sure that our kids are healthy,…
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