As parents, it critical that our estate plans include special additional planning until our children reach the age of 18 when they magically, or at least legally, become adults.
Most parents, well at least those we do not work with, whether they have a traditional estate plan in place or not, do not have that special additional planning in place which leaves gaps in the protection and care of their children.
With over 26 years of experience, we have seen where the gaps in traditional estate planning are and have developed additional documents and planning strategies to bridge those gaps.
Those gaps include but are not limited to:
- Those instances when someone else is caring for your children and need to get them medical care.
- Those instances when someone else is caring for your children and they need to communicate with your children’s school.
- Those instances when something happens to you while your kids are with a babysitter and your babysitter does not know what to do if you don’t make it back when you are supposed to.
Our special additional documents include but are not limited to:
- A Medical Power of Attorney for Minors so those caring for your children can need to get them medical care without delay.
- A Power of Attorney for Minors so those caring for your children can communicate with your children’s school without delay.
- An identification care for parents to carry in their wallets to alert police in the case of an accident that you have minors and who to call.
- A plan for the babysitter to open if you don’t come home when you are supposed to so that she knows who to call to take care of the children.
For more information about how to more fully protect your children, please contact us.
