Leaving Money to Your Children
July 25th, 2010 Filed under: Estate Planning — Estate Planning Author
Deciding when and if to leave money to your children is something we all ponder over. If you are married, young, and have children, you have probably thought to yourself that if something happens to you and your spouse, then you should leave all of your money to your children. Most of the time people only think about leaving money to their children while they are young. What if your children are older?
When your children are older, what they are doing with their lives should play a big part in how much and if you leave them any money. If they have families of their own and are not doing a good job of managing money, then you will want to consider how much to leave them. If your money can go to a charity that will benefit from it, you might consider leaving your money to it. You probably don’t want to give it to children who don’t know how to manage their own money. Most of the time when people who don’t know how to manage money end up with more money, they often wind up in worse financial shape before they got the money.
Most people in the wealth building stage of their lives don’t plan on passing away early. If they do, most of the money is left in a trust for the children to help raise and educate them. Having an estate plan that is set up with a trust is a perfect way to do this. If you don’t have kids, then you will probably just want to donate your money to your favorite charity or maybe even your parents. You can leave assets to your charity, parents, or siblings. You can also leave some to all of them. It is all up to you how you want your money passed on.
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