What You Should Know About Wills and Choosing Guardians

Want to make sure your loved ones are taken care of should something happen to you? Learn the essentials about wills and choosing a guardian for your kids! Essentials on Wills and Choosing Guardians So this topic - creating your will and making sure you have your guardians in place if you have kids - is one of those areas of finances we tend to shy away from. I get it. It's boring at best and depressing. So today I want to give you the essentials to wills and choosing guardians for your kids without weighing you down. Thankfully I'm not alone. Jean Dillion is here to help. She's a certified financial planner at Freedom Financial Counseling and an Accredited Financial Counselor.

In this episode we discuss:

• the essentials of a will
• choosing guardians to take care of your loved ones
• whether or not those do it yourselves will online kits are worth it

Hope you enjoy!

Resources on Estate Planning

If you want more information about setting things up for your loved one, here are some posts to check out:

• Estate Planning for Young Families
• Wills, Guardianship, and Estate Planning
• Five Essential Items for Your Estate Plan
• Choosing Legal Guardians for Our Baby
• Estate Planning Lessons We Can Learn From Cinderella

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Music Credit

Like the music in this episode? Our theme song is by Gentle Regime. Additional music by Lee Rosevere and Logan from Music for Makers in this episode.