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By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n

Having been an estate planning attorney now for over 20 years, I can tell you that each of my clients had concerns and questions about creating their own estate plan. Perhaps the most important question these clients discuss with me is who they should name as the guardians of their children, if they were to die at a time when their children are still young.<\/p>\n

Idaho law allows a parent to nominate one or more guardians for their minor aged children in their last will and testament. A nomination made by a parent in this way has the highest priority of appointment by the courts.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Having been an estate planning attorney now for over 20 years, I can tell you that each of my clients had concerns and questions about creating their own estate plan. Perhaps the most important question these clients discuss with me is who they should name as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nWHO SHOULD WE NAME AS GUARDIANS FOR OUR CHILD? — Idaho Law Blog — August 21, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane V. 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