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

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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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bethany House Publishers
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 17, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764233351
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764233357
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.51 x 8.5 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Smart Stepfamily
Best Sellers Rank: #204,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #42 in Step Parenting & Blended Families (Books) #245 in Aging Parents (Books) #600 in Christian Marriage (Books)
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