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August is Make-A-Will Month, and if you've been meaning to get your affairs in order, this is your reminder. But before you assume that getting a will means your family is protected, there's something most people don't know about what a will actually does and doesn't do. Read more... A family called me after losing their mother. She had a will, properly signed and perfectly valid. But it didn't tell anyone who had legal authority to be with the children in the first 72 hours,

You've heard the phrase: "Friends don't let friends drive drunk." The same logic applies to estate planning. According to Caring.com, only 24 percent of Americans have a will. For some of the people you love most, you may be the only person in their life who will ever bring this up. Here's how to do it without making it weird, and what to tell them about what real planning looks like. August is National Make a Will Month, which means this is exactly the right time. There's a