Notes from the Bookshelf: Protecting Your Family Legally

This week in Mom Time we were given the opportunity to gain important knowledge on protecting your family- legally.  Our special guest, Carrie Reichartz, provided proper documentation and gave us strong legal advice for less than ideal situations.

 There is no way to sweeten up conversations such as these.  Death, traumas, legal situations, etc. are scary, sad, and stressful but one sure-fire way to make a possible situation worse is to not be prepared legally. 

Carrie encouraged us to have this conversation with our spouse or significant other, to put thought into action and write up a will, consider who you would ask to care for your children should something happen, and to look into life insurance. 

It’s a heavy topic to think about and move through but it’s imperative to plan for a future that might not involve you but certainly will involve your children.  After taking all these steps, it will be a huge check marked off your to-do list.  But something that you can forever work on is your faith.

  Every day is a gift from God, a new start, another opportunity to know Him more.  That day will come when it will be your last; won’t you feel better knowing that you spent your life indulged in the One who is waiting for you at the end of your path?

Here are the links to the websites we got our forms from:

http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/advdirectives/F00085.pdf. health power of atty

http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/advdirectives/F00036.pdf. finances power of atty

http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/advdirectives/F00060.pdf. living will