Letter to Parents

Dear Loving Parent,

As a parent there is nothing more important to you than the well-being of your kids. Nothing.

Many of my clients overlooked important steps necessary to make sure their children would always be taken care of by people they know, love and trust. If they’ve done this, I bet you have too. (They had a Will and THOUGHT they had done everything they needed to, but you’ll be surprised at what they had overlooked. They just hadn’t been taught!)

Because like you, they were so caught up in the day to day of just getting by that they didn’t stop to consider what would really happen if something happened to them. And, they were so busy with their children and work!

Think about what would happen if you went out on a date with your husband and you did not make it back home. You may have named guardians for your children in your Will but what if the people you had named were not easily available to be there for your children? What if your Will is locked up in a safe and no one had access to even know who you had named to take care of your children?

Just imagine, your children at home with a teenage babysitter who had no idea what to do if the police came knocking at your door.

Even more shocking is the realization that the police would have no idea what to do either. They’d likely have no choice but to call in Child Protective Services who would have to take your children into protective custody until they could figure out what to do!

As a parent, that is not an acceptable possibility.

Thankfully for you and your children, I have a solution.

Lest You Think This Could Never Happen to Your Family, Here’s a True Story

Melanie and Casey Barber were the All-American parents of three little boys. On July 31, 2006, the Barber family was in a tragic car accident. The boys survived, their parents didn’t. But, that was just the beginning of their nightmare.

From the thousands of pages of court records filed in the guardianship case of the Barber boys, it appears that Mel and Casey had talked about naming guardians to provide for the care of their sons, they just never got around to documenting what they wanted. They probably thought their family would be able to easily work out who would take care of the boys, if anything happened.

That’s not what happened. After the accident, the boys were in the foster care system for a short time while the police located family members. They then went to live with one of their aunts (who allegedly kept them from seeing the rest of the family) while the family went to Court to fight over who would raise the boys. Since then, over 1,000 pages of court documents have been filed, 9 lawyers have been involved, and tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of dollars have been spent.

When all is said and done, a Court will appoint their legal guardian who may or may not have been who Mel and Casey would have chosen. We’ll never know if the Judge made the right choice because Mel and Casey’s wishes will never be known.

If they had known what would happen, Mel and Casey would have taken the simple steps necessary to ensure their boys were raised the way they want by the people they want. Now you can learn from their experience and not leave the well-being of your children to chance for another day.

Your “Peace Of Mind” Solution

We have a comprehensive Kids Protection Plan® that would ensure your babysitter, the police and everyone would know just what to do if anything happened to you. My plan…

• Names local friends as temporary, legal guardians for your kids and the friends named would know just what to do if they were called upon because they’ve got written instructions with guidance;
• It includes instructions to babysitters as to who they should call if you are in an accident;
• And, you will be provided with an ID card to carry in your wallet so there is never a risk of your kids being taken into the arms of strangers.

When I started talking to clients about how a Will provides a false sense of security and what could happen to their children if all they had was a Will (or nothing at all) in place, they all wanted their own Kids Protection Plan.

To empower as many parents as possible to do the right thing for their children, I became a Personal Family Lawyer® trained by Ali Katz the author of a best selling book on legal planning for parents titled ”Wear Clean Underwear! A Fast, Fun, Friendly – and Essential – Guide to Legal Planning for Busy Parents.” Perhaps you have read it or maybe you saw her on the Today Show talking to Ann Curry about this vitally important subject or maybe you heard about me from Jean Chatzky on Oprah & Friends.

In the book, she gives all parents the straight scoop (in an easy and fun way) on what they need to do to make sure their children and money are properly protected. With knowledge comes the responsibility to serve and teach, it’s my mission to make sure that parents have the necessary legal planning in place to protect their children. For that reason, I am offering parents the form to name legal guardians for their own children for the long term, absolutely free. (You absolutely must name guardians for your kids for the long term, so please make sure you click on the link to fill out the form, no matter what. It’s easy and it’s free)