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

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 manage