FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Distrust Disputes

with Ron Deal | November 5, 2018
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Writing for Forbes.com, one personal finance contributor noted that about half of his firms disputed probate, estate, and trust cases were between a stepmother and her stepchildren. The writer said distrust was a common factor in the disputes. Say the father died, the children didn't trust their stepmother to manage the estate if she hadn't been married very long or if she favored her kids financially. What's the moral of that story? Close relationships and trust are your most valuable assets.

  • Show Notes

  • About the Host

  • About the Guest

  • Writing for Forbes.com, one personal finance contributor noted that about half of his firms disputed probate, estate, and trust cases were between a stepmother and her stepchildren. The writer said distrust was a common factor in the disputes. Say the father died, the children didn't trust their stepmother to manage the estate if she hadn't been married very long or if she favored her kids financially. What's the moral of that story? Close relationships and trust are your most valuable assets.

  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

So, what’s the moral of that story?