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

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 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.

Author: Ron L. Deal, Greg S. Pettys, David O. Edwards
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 09/17/2019
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780764233357

About the Author
Ron L. Deal is founder of Smart Stepfamilies(TM), director of FamilyLife Blended(R) for FamilyLife(R), the author of numerous books on stepfamily living including the bestselling The Smart Stepfamily, and consulting editor for the Smart Stepfamily Series of books. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist and popular speaker. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Find resources at SmartStepfamilies.com.

Greg 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 Smart Stepfamily events.

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