Financial insulation for your child

4 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Jerry Taylor explains how parents can safeguard their child's future inheritance by placing assets into a trust rather than leaving a lump‑sum bequest. He outlines the risks of a direct inheritance—such as exposure to a child's spouse, divorce, bankruptcy, creditors, or lawsuits—and describes how a trust, titled in the trust’s name, keeps the money separate and allows distribution according to a pre‑planned schedule. Taylor concludes with a call‑to‑action, directing viewers to his Linktree and newsletter for further assistance.

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You can do something for your child that would be very difficult for them to do for themselves. You can insulate and protect them financially from things that might happen in their future, like divorce, bankruptcy, creditor issues, lawsuits. Here's how. Instead of leaving their inheritance to them in a lump sum, one day they've got very little, and bam, the next day they've got $500,000. $500,000 that could get mixed up with their spouse's money and then lost in a divorce or some other type of financial crisis. You can protect your child from this now by creating a plan to put their inheritance in a trust when you die. Once their inheritance is in a bank account that's titled in the name of the trust, that money will be protected and it can be distributed to your child according to a plan that you create. To find out more, click on my link tree to work with me and for the newsletter.