Who will be their Guardian?

Written by Roger Sorensen


If you are like most people today, you do not have a will. The reasons for this failure are many, withrepparttar most common being alongrepparttar 110659 lines of “I don’t have enough assets to worry about”, “I don’t know how to write a will”, or “Lawyers charge a lot of money”. Here’s my answer torepparttar 110660 last two – buy a software package that helps you draw up your own will and followrepparttar 110661 forms. This software will ask you a series of questions and you supplyrepparttar 110662 answers. When you are done, you have a piece of paper ready to be signed; witnessed and placed somewhere it can be found inrepparttar 110663 event you die. As for your lack of asset objection, that might be true if you live in a cardboard box, with onlyrepparttar 110664 clothes on your back, asrepparttar 110665 last surviving member of your family. If this does not describe you, than you do have assets and you really should make preparations for dispersing them when you die. As you can tell fromrepparttar 110666 title, this is not about your will except to relate as to why everyone should have one. Instead, this writing is about your children. If you are childless, keep reading because someday you may have children. If you know you will never have children, keep reading because someday you may be able to use what you learned here in a discussion with someone who has children. The biggest reason everyone who has children must have a will is because ofrepparttar 110667 children’s guardian. Essentially, a guardianship is an institution created and administered byrepparttar 110668 court, makingrepparttar 110669 guardian a court-appointee. However, when you name someone to be a guardian in your will, you make it difficult for someone else to be appointed. If you don’t name a guardian, a judge will decide who will raise and nurture your children. Most likely, this judge does not know your family, nor doesrepparttar 110670 judge really haverepparttar 110671 capability to know if any of your extended family members can properly raise your child. It is impossible to stress how important it is for parents who die early to findrepparttar 110672 right people forrepparttar 110673 guardianship job. They will be responsible forrepparttar 110674 upbringing of your children. You should definitely consider things like parenting skills, values, physical environment (apartment/farm), and religion. Two important questions to ask (andrepparttar 110675 answers): 1.What ifrepparttar 110676 best person to bring up your child physically is notrepparttar 110677 best manager of money? While you are planning your will and your children’s guardian, you can also plan to separaterepparttar 110678 functions of guardianship. To do so, you first write your will appointing a “guardian ofrepparttar 110679 person” who will care for your children physically. Then, also in your will, you namerepparttar 110680 person whom you appoint to berepparttar 110681 “guardian ofrepparttar 110682 estate”. This person’s job is to dole outrepparttar 110683 resources so that your children are not a burden onrepparttar 110684 person or family taking care of them.

"Divorce and Children: Things To Consider When You're Staying Married Only For Your Children"

Written by Karl Augustine


All children are different and respond differently to divorce. Depending onrepparttar characteristics ofrepparttar 110658 children - age, emotional maturity, happiness, resiliency to trauma -repparttar 110659 easier or more difficult it will be for children to weather a divorce.

As a parent, you should know your children better than anyone...use your best judgment with your children during considering divorce. This "divorce and children" article is for parents who are certain that they would get a divorce if they didn't have children and want to decide what to think about regardingrepparttar 110660 effects a divorce would have on their children.

In *Dr. Robert Emery's book, "The Truth About Children And Divorce", he explains that children of divorced parents can actually live wonderful lives as long asrepparttar 110661 parents use proper judgment and createrepparttar 110662 right types of interactions between themselves and with each other.

*Dr. Emery is a divorce mediation expert and is a Professor of Psychology. Dr. Emery serves asrepparttar 110663 Director ofrepparttar 110664 Center for Children, Families, and The Law forrepparttar 110665 Department of Psychology atrepparttar 110666 University of Virginia.

This article on this web page does not suggest that divorce isrepparttar 110667 correct course of action for you and it in no way should be taken as a form of counseling to you. This article is merely to spark you to think logically and then make your own decision about divorce and your children.

As previously stated, every child is different and subsequently, every child responds to divorce in a different way.

If you think there's a definitive answer about how divorce affects children, you are mistaken. There's been hundreds of books written about this subject and a plethora of studies done regarding divorce and children, all citing differing opinions and using different statistical constraints and inputs. But, statistics can only go so far...if you know your children better than anyone else, you will know best how they'll be affected by a divorce.

How divorce affects children and what you should do if you're staying married solely because you have children is complicated issue.

Here's some things you may want to consider if you're a parent who is staying married just because you have children:

Children and divorce consideration 1: Make sure that you are, in fact, only staying married just because you have children.

Often times people userepparttar 110668 children as an excuse not to get a divorce because they aren't really sure that they want a divorce or have some other fear regarding divorce. Those fears can be present due to finance, self-confidence, living arrangements, or other personal issues.

Before you really takerepparttar 110669 next steps in deciding whether or not to get a divorce because of your children, rank your reasons for divorce and make sure that you're really certain you'd get a divorce if you didn't have children.

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