You've Prepared Them for College — But Are They Legally Ready?
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My friend has twins who recently graduated from high school: one is headed to college this fall and one is headed to the military. My friend shared how she has been having her daughter take the lead on conversations with loan officers and college admissions so that her daughter would learn to do for herself. She called it “practicing adulting.”
We’ve been doing the same for our son who is headed into his senior year of high school. He picks up prescriptions from the pharmacy and handled his EVIT registration.
We help our kids write a resume, practice interviewing for a job, and learn how to handle personal finances. These are all important “adulting” tasks. But have you also taught them how to protect themselves legally?
Many parents do not realize that as their children reach 18 their parental legal rights diminish. Without the right legal documents in place, if your college kid gets into a car accident you may no longer have authority to make treatment decisions or get access to certain medical information.
Maybe you have never prepared your own legal documents, so you didn’t know how to help. Let us help you prepare your kids for adulthood with our College Student Protection Plan™.
What’s Included
First, this plan includes speaking with an attorney to practice “adulting” (and to learn we’re not so scary). Second, the plan includes a suite of legal documents to ensure your child has permitted you or other trusted individuals to access information and make important health care and financial decisions for them in case of emergency.
The College Student Protection Plan™ takes away the stress and expense that might be incurred if a court had to be involved. This plan includes:
- Healthcare Power of Attorney,
- HIPAA authorization,
- Living Will, and
- Financial Power of Attorney.
Not Just for College Students
Even though we call this the College Student Protection Plan™, this applies to all young adults regardless of whether they are in school or not. So, if you have young adult children, encourage them to give us a call. We can help. We’ve even discounted these services by 33%, because hey, we were once starving college students ourselves.
Ready to “adult?” We can help. Call Cholewka Law today at 480-497-3770 to schedule a College Protection Plan™ appointment. Or to find more estate planning information visit gilbertlawoffice.com.