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Here are a few documents that families will need, if parents are to remain involved in the medical and financial affairs of a child who has reached adulthood.

When the ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin died last year, it was believed that she hadn’t prepared any kind of estate plan, including a last will and testament. However, a few months ago, three handwritten wills were found in her home near Detroit. Two were in a locked closet and one was stuffed beneath the cushions of a couch!

Anyone with a child with special needs understands the need to prepare for the future. A trust is always a good place to start, and figuring out a savings goal for that trust is a key part to your planning.

Do not put off finalizing and signing your estate planning documents, just because you have reached an impasse on who to name as trustee.

You can no longer make medical or financial decisions for your children without proper paperwork.

Parents’ instincts to protect their children can cause them to hold back on some important truth-telling about the kind of inheritance they might expect, but that could be a big mistake.

Few of us plan our legacy for when we’ve died and how we’ll live on in the lives of others.

It’s important to have certain binding legal documents in place, if you become disabled due to an illness or accident. These aren’t easy things to talk about, but attorneys say every adult needs them.

Have you considered how to pass on your non-material assets?