Protect Your Children’s Inheritance With A Lifetime Asset Protection Trust
As a parent, you are likely hoping to leave your children an inheritance. In fact, doing so may be one of the primary factors motivating...
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Sep 25, 20214 min read
Your “Blended” Family Is Likely Headed to Court Unless You Do This
If you have a blended family and do not plan for what happens to your assets in the event of your incapacity or eventual death, you are...
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Sep 18, 20214 min read
Getting Divorced? Do not Overlook These 4 Updates to Your Estate Plan—Part 2
Going through a divorce can be an overwhelming experience that impacts nearly every facet of your life, including estate planning. Yet...
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May 26, 20204 min read
When a Member of your Blended Family has Special Needs
According to The National Survey of Children with Special Healthcare Needs, 12.8% of children under age 18 in the United States, or about...
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May 11, 20204 min read
Why You Need a Blending Agreement for Your Blended Family
Blended or step-families come in all different shapes and sizes. The way that these unique families handle finances comes in just as many...
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Apr 9, 20203 min read
Share Your COVID-19 Story
Good and bad has come from this global pandemic. This week I want to share my good and bad and hear from you about your good and bad....
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Apr 1, 20203 min read
Finding Liquidity During COVID-19 Emergency
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of information on what is really going on with the spread of COVID-19. Continent to continent,...
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Mar 24, 20206 min read
Domestic Violence in the Blended Family
Most people feel as though it will never happen to them. That someone whom they love so much and are in such close proximity to would...
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Mar 17, 20204 min read
When COVID-19 Strikes Your Blended Family
COVID-19 has taken the planet by storm! From a wild meat market in Wuhan, China all the way across the oceans in every direction. Its...
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Mar 10, 20205 min read
Blending Families When You Have Older or Adult Children
Older and adult children add a different dynamic to a blended family. They tend to have strong allegiances to their biological parents...
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Mar 3, 20205 min read
Making Healthcare Decisions as a Blended Family
Healthcare decisions are never easy. Sometimes tough choices have to be made and many times someone is left hurting because they were not...
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Feb 25, 20204 min read
Bringing Assets Into a Second or Subsequent Marriage
It is much easier when you marry in your earlier years before either of you have acquired much in the way of obligations, property or...
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Feb 18, 20205 min read
Establishing Rules and Routines in a Newly Blended Family
Starting a blended family is exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time. Will the children like their new step parent? Will the step...
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Feb 12, 20204 min read
When the Past Creeps Up
Back in the day when I was young I’m not a kid anymore but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again (Song credit: Ahmad, Back in the...
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Feb 4, 20202 min read
Welcome
I started this blog with the belief that blended and step families need a place where they are supported and understood. Having been...
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