A financial power of attorney is a legal document which comes into play while you are alive and usually will no longer be effective the moment you pass away.
This document appoints a person to help you make financial decisions if you either cannot or do not wish to make them on your own. This usually occurs when someone is injured or ill and is deemed incapable of making decisions (i.e. incapacitated).
Single parents find themselves in a precarious position. If something happened to you, the future health, well-being, and financial stability of your child would be uncertain. That’s why taking the necessary steps to create an estate plan ranks among the most responsible thing you can do today. When you begin to imagine what your child’s…