FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Step-Money: Create a Financial Plan

with Ron Deal | March 11, 2020
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Blended families have unique financial situations. Did you know that long after a divorce an ex-spouse will almost always be entitled to a portion of your retirement? Or if you have kids and get married, then pass away. If your widow remarries and then dies, your assets could go to their surviving spouse and not your children? Don't leave financial matters unattended. Pray and make a plan with your spouse. Meet with an attorney and put it down on paper. Every estate plan will be different.

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  • Blended families have unique financial situations. Did you know that long after a divorce an ex-spouse will almost always be entitled to a portion of your retirement? Or if you have kids and get married, then pass away. If your widow remarries and then dies, your assets could go to their surviving spouse and not your children? Don't leave financial matters unattended. Pray and make a plan with your spouse. Meet with an attorney and put it down on paper. Every estate plan will be different.

  • 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.

When it comes to stepfamilies, there’s not a one-size-fits-all estate plan.