Episode 27 – Making Law Easy Show – Picking the Right Guardian
Posted on July 9, 2008
Filed Under Pittsburgh Legal Matters
Episode 27 – Making Law Easy Show – Picking the Right Guardian
Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of the Making Law Easy Show where we try to answer questions about legal topics to make life easier for everyone. And we’re going to talk about estate planning today from the contexts of picking a guardian. Picking guardians for your kids or for people who are disabled when you pass away. So why don’t we start right in. I’ve got an estate planning attorney who works with 1-2-3 Law Group. Cheryl glad to have you on the show again. You’ve done a couple of these shows with us and why don’t we start right in. What are the sort of things you should think about from an estate planning perspective when you are picking a guardian for your kids or disabled loved ones that you are taking care of?
Well the first thing you need to do is figure out, or of course you already know who you want to have a guardian for. And who you choose may be different according to what purpose that guardian needs to play. For example, if you’re going to be looking for a guardian for your children, it might be different than if you are looking for a guardian for an adult that you are taking care of. But I think that to make this easier, we’ll start with what we are going to be looking for in a guardian for a child. First of all there are two types of guardian. Now the first type of guardian is the type that’s going to take care of that person on a day to day basis. And you have another type of guardian who is the one who is going to be taking care of that person’s financial situation. Any kind of inheritance they might receive; any type of earnings they might have. If this person is a minor, or if this person is disabled Read Entire Manuscript
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