Archive for February, 2008
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
When I graduated from law school, first year starting salaries at the big law firms were 135k/year.
I thought I was rolling in the dough. I had started working at 14 when minimum wage was $3.35. I worked my way through college waitressing and through law school working for Westlaw. Even ...
Posted in Family Wealth, Personal Reflections | 5 Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
If you've ever agonized over the decision about where to send your kids to school or you are doing it now or contemplating it in the future, I can relate.
We had moved to Hermosa Beach, anticipating we'd send our kids to their fantastic schools.
And, I'm a big supporter - don't ...
Posted in Family Happiness, Family Health | 2 Comments »
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
They say it takes a village to raise a child. In my case, it takes the support of a harem, or so it seems.
When I was married, my husband and I bickered incessantly about whose turn it was to take care of the kids. We were in constant ...
Posted in Divorce, Family Happiness, Personal Reflections | 3 Comments »
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Unless you were born into an Über-rich family (and sometimes even then), your parents’ probably never discussed estate planning when you were growing up and didn’t have any kind of relationship with a personal lawyer (at least not one you remember discussed with fondness!)
It’s not a surprise. 70% of people ...
Posted in Family Wealth, estate planning | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
I'm hosting a free teleconference for MOMS ONLY and if you are a mom, you need to be there.
It's next Tuesday, February 19 at 1p PT/4p ET.
We are close to sold out on our line block, so please get registered now if you plan to attend so I can tell ...
Posted in Family Wealth, Teleseminars, estate planning | No Comments »
Friday, February 8th, 2008
These are the 11 things you should ask before engaging an estate planning lawyer to help you plan for the well-being of your money, your family and your life.
Do you prepare a comprehensive plan for my kids’ care if something happens to me, ...
Posted in Family Happiness, Family Health, Family Wealth, estate planning | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 8th, 2008
I'm back from NYC and if you want to get a sneak peek on what I was doing there, check me out on Better TV. And, welcome to all of you new subscribers who saw me there!
You'll be able to name guardians on the KidsProtectionPlan.com website very, very soon. ...
Posted in Personal Reflections | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
You probably can't imagine how the case of a multi-millionaire, fallen from grace pop star could have any application at all to you.
Well, you might be surprised to know that Britney's case has a lot of lessons for all of us, no matter how much money we have in the ...
Posted in Family Happiness, Family Wealth, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Britney's parents finally stepped in and took control of their out of control daughter's future and she's grounded until at least Monday. And, its about time!
Brit's a perfect example of what happens when kids get control of big money too young and why you want to make sure you've ...
Posted in Family Health | 8 Comments »