Synopsis
This guide to financial planning for blended families offers help and encouragement as you plan your combined financial future while protecting your marriage in the process. You'll be given tips on handling debt, bills, and child support from previous relationships and advice on planning for college expenses, retirement, and an inheritance.
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.
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