7 Key Considerations When Naming a Guardian for Your Minor Children

Friday’s Food for Thought: As parents, we devote extraordinary time, energy, & resources to providing our children — we help them study for spelling tests, we arrange our schedules to make sure they’re at soccer practice on time, we comb through food labels at the supermarket to make sure the food they eat is healthy, and we sacrifice our weekends to sports tournaments and birthday parties. Despite all we do as parents, many of us delay or avoid planning for who will care for our children in the event that we die/are incapacitated before our children turn 18 because it’s unpleasant to even consider.

That said, if you don’t actively plan for this possibility, a judge who doesn’t know you or your family will decide who to appoint as your children’s legal guardian, & they may not select the same person that you would. This article provides seven key points to consider when deciding who to name in your will as your child’s guardian. Call us at 518-313-7809 to schedule a consult to discuss how an estate plan can provide for minor children.