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| Wear Clean Underwear!: A Fast, Fun, Friendly and Essential Guide to Legal Planning for Busy Parents | 
 enlarge | Author: Alexis Martin Neely
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 153103
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1600374417
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.052
EAN: 9781600374418
ASIN: 1600374417
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
Now that you are a parent, wearing clean underwear when you leave home simply isn't enough. You've planned birthday parties, playdates and education, but have you adequately planned for what would happen if you were in an accident? What would happen in the first 24 hours while the officials locate your family members and arrange for your children's care? Are your plans sufficient to keep your children in the care of people you know and trust during these critical hours? And what about your money and home? Will your legal documents keep your family together or tear them apart? In an easy-to-read story format, Wear Clean Underwear takes you on a journey to discover in fast, simple-to-understand terms exactly what will happen based on your current plan, and what happens if you don't have a plan. Showing you how to avoid unnecessary taxes and a broken-down court system, the book guides you to transfer your values, love, and support to your children and loved ones with ease.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 No Substance May 17, 2008
6 out of 15 found this review helpful
I didn't find this book helpful at all. This book touchs upon a very few issues of estate planning for kids, and not quite comprehensive. It just barely skims the surface, and usually concluding with nuiances that make sure you talk to your attorney. If I intended to talk to all those folks, I wouldn't waste my time reading this book in the first place. Most of what this book covers could be learned by snooping around the web - and in many cases you can learn more that way.
 If you're a parent, this book is a must! April 28, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Wow! Wear Clean Underwear: A Fast, Fun Friendly--and Essential--Guide to Legal Planning for Busy Parents lives up to its name. It's fast, fun, friendly - and absolutely essential information every parent needs to know. Although my son is grown, there are still elements I can put into place, and as a parent of two precious young ones of his own, you better believe I'm getting a copy of this book for him - and for my nieces and nephews who all have young families. This is a must read for all parents!
A must for parents May 7, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Now, I'm not a lawyer. Nor do I play one on TV.
I am, however, a parent who has two daughters she loves more than life itself.
You know what? Sometimes love is not enough. We can't just hug our kids and play with them and go to the beach and read books and do all that fun stuff we love to do.
We have to work to provide. We have to house, clothe, feed, and protect our children. One sphere where we've got to do this -- and one, quite frankly, that I suck at -- is in the legal arena.
That's why when the opportunity to read a review copy of Wear Clean Underwear: A Fast, Fun, Friendly and Essential Guide to Legal Planning For Busy Parents came up, I jumped at it. This is an area I don't know much about, and I wanted to fill the gaps in my knowledge.
Author Alexis Martin Neely delivered -- and then some. She brought up questions I'd never even thought about: what happens if the people you appoint as your kids guardians die? what happens if the guardian you appoint really doesn't want to be the guardian after all? what happens if you have people fighting over your kids? what happens if your kids are left without much in the way of financial resources when you step off this mortal coil?
Neely gets you thinking, first and foremost, and that's critical. Much of what you will read here is the same advice you'll find in estate planning guides -- but rendered comprehensible, in easy to read language. I understood this book -- I didn't feel stupid or poorly educated, trying to figure out what legal terms meant. Neely asks the questions we're all terrified to ask.
There's a choose your own adventure feel to the book: If you decide to do X, go to page 55 and see what happens. I liked this. The choices presented were straightforward: you're going to do X or Y, here's the consequences of both. Are the choices exhaustive? No, but she hit the most common ones, and I'd bet they'd answer 95% of most readers questions.
Neely also wins big bonus points for being cultural aware. Frankly, a lot of guides like this (and I've read a ton of the financial ones and I ghostwrite for Long Term Care insurance professionals) ignore the fact that we don't all live in heteronormative families. We're not all Mommy, Daddy, and 2.2 kids. Sometimes there's Mommy and Mommy. Sometimes there's just Dad. Sometimes there's Mom and Dad and Stepmom and Stepdad and the girlfriend no one talks about. Neely acknowledges this, respects this, and provides at least a starting point for those of us with non-traditional families -- and the assurance that the legal system can work for us too, if we're smart and proactive about it.
A Must Read For Parents April 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Neely uses stories in a friendly non-confronting manner, to help parents face some of the difficult situations that could unroll in life. The scenarios demonstrate the level of detail that parents should and can plan for well in advance, so that their kids do not become victims of the accidents and chances of life. The book is fast reading and fun. Alexis also teaches you how to plan for family wealth for future generations. The book is a must read for parents with young children, and it also serves as a vital guide for parents with adult children, who wish to leave a meaningful and beneficial legacy for their families.
The book assumes US laws and these may not be correct for other countries. Nevertheless it raises universal questions that many parents might not have considered and should follow up with respect to the laws in their own countries.
 What an eye opener! May 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book really brings to life questions that are never really asked out loud. You can bet my husband and I will be sitting down to have a heart to heart regarding the hard truths as to what would we do should the unthinkable happen. Thank you for providing some valuable insight into the options available.
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