Houston Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney Blog
"A lot of people think this is just about elderly parents, but it's a big issue for people with adult children away at school or on their own as an unmarried adult," said Carnick, president of Carnick & Kubik Personal Wealth Advisors. "Who's going to speak for them if they get in an accident?"
A recent Chicago Tribune article, titled “Checklist for updating, organizing estate planning documents,” reported some interesting survey results that show many adults are very unprepared and unaware when it comes to estate planning.
The Tribune reports that a new survey of 1,000 adults for www.caring.com shows these startling figures: