{"id":3150,"date":"2012-09-16T04:58:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T11:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2012-09-16T04:58:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T11:58:23","slug":"estate-planning-importance-for-blended-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/estate-planning-importance-for-blended-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Estate Planning’s Critical Importance for Blended Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a Grand Rapids, Mi estate planning attorney<\/a> and being married to someone who works in the financial industry, I’ve seen the disaster that lack of planning (or poor planning) can cause in blended families (second marriages, “uncommon” children, etc.). \u00a0As a matter of fact, I wrote this previous post about a very common mistake<\/a>\u00a0that can disinherit your children.<\/span><\/p>\n

But don’t take just my word for how important quality, comprehensive estate planning is for blended families. \u00a0Read this USA Today article about family feuds in estate planning<\/a> and how they are expected to become more common due to changing demographics. \u00a0In particular, read the section titled “Tangled Family Trees.” \u00a0What to you think?<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are part of a “blended family,” run, don’t walk, to an attorney who focuses on estate planning for blended families. \u00a0Why would you risk waiting? \u00a0Call us at 616-827-7596 today!<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Lichterman<\/a>\u00a0is an estate planning and charitable planning attorney who helps families and business owners create a lasting legacy by planning for their\u00a0Whole Family Wealth\u2122<\/a>.\u00a0 This goes beyond merely planning for “stuff” – it’s about who your are and what’s important to you.\u00a0 He focuses on estate, charitable, and asset protection planning for all generations (“young” and “experienced”), the “sandwich generation” (caring for parents and children), doctors\/physicians, nurses, lawyers, dentists, professionals with minor children, family owned businesses, and pet planning.\u00a0 He enjoys creating life long relationships with his clients centered on their family’s values, insights, stories and experiences.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being a Grand Rapids, Mi estate planning attorney and being married to someone who works in the financial industry, I’ve seen the disaster that lack of planning (or poor planning) can cause in blended families (second marriages, “uncommon” children, etc.). \u00a0As a matter of fact, I wrote this previous post about a very common mistake\u00a0that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blended-families-second-marriages","category-estate-planning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}