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Home / Articles / Sponsored / Never Let Anyone Make Decisions About Your Child For You

Never Let Anyone Make Decisions About Your Child For You

June 26, 2023 By Staten Island Parent Staff

Never Let Anyone Make Decisions About Your Child For You

Sometimes you have to think about the unthinkable to ensure that your wishes are carried out. 

Most people believe that naming godparents or even having a will is enough to ensure their wishes for their children are followed should the worst happen. Unfortunately, that’s not always so. 

Without a Kids Protection Plan, the system could step in and circumvent your wishes. Your children could be placed with people you would never choose, or worse, be placed with Child Protective Services, even if only for a short time. 

Without a written plan, people could challenge your chosen guardians and a long and unpleasant custody fight could ensue, diverting a significant portion of the gross assets you’ve set aside for your children’s futures into legal fees and court costs. Then, a judge who doesn’t even know you or your values will decide what happens to your kids. 

It doesn’t end there because without a plan, your children will receive any assets you leave to them unrestricted and outright when they turn 18, regardless of how responsible they are.

Guiga Law believes that every parent has a fundamental right to determine what happens to their kids should the unimaginable occur. That’s why they offer a full Kids Protection Plan® with every estate plan they prepare for families with minor children and children with special needs. This service establishes the care and guardianship of your children in your absence. 

Go to guigalaw.kidsprotectionplan.com and fill out an easy form to get started. This free service only takes a few minutes and is a great first step in creating a full estate plan and lifting the burden of worrying about your wishes for your children being carried out.

When you’re ready to make a complete estate plan, you’ll be in great hands. Crystal Guiga is an attorney, trusted advisor, and mom with both personal and professional experience in dealing with the complicated and often confusing world of estate planning. Her professional focus is on wealth preservation and value-based planning. As a mom, she knows the worry that comes with being a parent. As an attorney, it’s her mission to make it all make sense. 

Guiga Law PLLC is a client-centered firm dedicated to making sure clients feel that they are heard and their wishes are carried out. You can learn more about Crystal and her team at planyourwholelife.com.

SPONSORED CONTENT BY GUIGA LAW

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