Choosing Guardians in Massachusetts: Top 4 Tips For Parents
Discover essential advice for parents on choosing guardians in Massachusetts. Get insights on the process, responsibilities, and selection.
Discover essential advice for parents on choosing guardians in Massachusetts. Get insights on the process, responsibilities, and selection.
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One of your most important duties as a parent is to select and legally document guardians for your children. This doesn’t mean automatically naming godparents or trusting that the grandparents will step in if necessary, assuming they will even be young and healthy enough to do so. As a responsible parent, you need to carefully consider and decide who would be the best people to raise your children if you could not. And then
Explore the nuanced differences between guardians and godparents in young family estate planning. Discover the legal distinctions, responsibilities, and how to make informed choices for your child’s future. Delve into the realm of guardians vs. godparents and ensure comprehensive protection for your loved ones.
Ok, let’s get right down to it, and talk about the reason you’re reading this article: your children. What would happen to your children if something happened to you? Do you know? Do you really know? It’s been my personal mission- and our firm’s driving force- to make sure that every child in the Commonwealth is protected, should the unexpected occur, and that parents have all the knowledge and tools needed to make that happen.
It has been a long time since David and I tuned in to ‘Friends’ to watch the antics of Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe. But our oldest daughter, Hannah, recently came home from college with Mono. After the initial concerns, questions, blood tests and actual diagnosis, we settled in to a new routine which quickly let to binge-watching ‘Friends.’ To our surprise, Season 8, Episode 9 was about estate planning – and it
Maybe you’ve heard that there are certain documents you need to have in place to make sure that your kids are protected no matter what, but you don’t know what those documents are, or how to get started. If You Are The Parent Of A Young Child, We Recommend: If you have young children, you definitely want to have a Kids Protection Plan in place. With a Kids Protection Plan, you will name long-term guardians (the people
Whether through illness, injury, or other means, anyone can require a guardian to become appointed if they become mentally incapacitated. In such cases, if there is no estate planning in place (or insufficient planning) to keep family or other loved one’s out of court, a guardianship, or conservatorship as it is sometimes called, must be established via a court process in the county probate court. Obtaining guardianship can be an extraordinarily challenging and expensive process.