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Goodbye nuclear family, and hello 21st century. Your parents’ quintessential family of mom, dad, two kids and a dog may just be a thing of the past. The reasons for this change in society are numerous to say the least (for example, people are waiting until they’re older to get married, there are more employment opportunities for women and individuals have more of an enlightened understanding of what it means to have a partner). One of the main reasons for this departure is the fact that between 40% and 50% of marriages end in divorce.1 A byproduct of this societal change is that 40% of children are born out of wedlock.2 This shift from the nuclear family ultimately impacts us as practitioners and makes what was once a basic estate plan l...
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