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Trusts & Estates

Dec. 17, 2009

Be Prepared for Unexpected Tragedy

Darlynn Morgan of Morgan Law Group emphasizes why it is important to complete estate planning and name guardians before tragedy strikes.

By Darlynn Morgan

If you haven't had a chance to pick up the best-selling memoir "The Kids Are All Right," by authors Liz and Diana Welch, then you really must. The book details the lives of the four Welch children, Amanda, Liz, Dan and Diana; how the children fared in the absence of guardianship directives and what it was like for them to be separated after the death of their parents, who passed within years of each other.

Their father died in a car accid...

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