The Smart Stepfamily Guide to Financial Planning: Money Management Before and After You Blend a Family

Ron L. Deal; Greg S. Pettys; David O. Edwards

ISBN 10: 0764233351 / ISBN 13: 9780764233357

Published by Bethany House Publishers, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Smart Stepfamily Guide to Financial Planning: Money Management Before and After You Blend a Family
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764233351
• ISBN 13: 9780764233357
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Ranked #1 of the 100 best estate planning books of all time by the website Book Authority (2021). 

From bestselling author, speaker, and therapist Ron Deal, one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in North America, this book is part of Ron's Smart Stepfamily Series of books (over 250,000 copies sold) including The Smart Stepmom, The Smart Stepdad, Dating and the Single Parent, The Smart Stepfamily Marriage, and Daily Encouragement for the Smart Stepfamily, and the bestselling The Smart Stepfamily. 

Money issues are a frequent source of conflict in all marriages. But blended families are a monetary minefield. Debts, bills, and child support payments from previous relationships often influence the finances of a blended family. And planning for college expenses, retirement, and inheritance (estate planning) gets even more complicated in remarriage. These issues can explode couple unity and blow up developing family harmony.

However, proper blended family money management can make money an asset to your relationship, not a liability. The authors use over 50 years of combined financial planning and blended family educational experience to help you envision your combined financial future and plan for how you'll get there. You'll discover practical ways to merge your current financial realities and protect your marriage while doing so.

Get real-world financial advice specific to unique blended family legal and relational matters so you can provide for your family both now and in the future.

About the Authors

Ron L. Deal (www.rondeal.org and www.familylife.com/blended) is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is president of Smart Stepfamilies, directs the blended family ministry at FamilyLife, and is the author of more than a dozen books and resources, including the bestselling The Smart Stepfamily and Building Love Together in Blended Families (with Dr. Gary Chapman). Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the podcast FamilyLife Blended with Ron Deal. He and his wife, Nan, have been married since 1986 and have three boys.

Greg S. Pettys, CLU, ChFC, CFP, has thirty-four years of specialized experience in securities and life insurance sales and services. Ron has known Greg for twenty years, and Greg speaks regularly at Ron's stepfamily events.

David O. Edwards is an estate planning and elder law attorney based in Springfield, Illinois. David speaks regularly at Ron's stepfamily events.