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WHAT IS KIDS SAFETY PLANNING AND WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT? 
What is a Kids Safety Kit?
A Kids Safety Kit is a set of instructions, legal documents and even an
ID card for your wallet, which you need to have if you have kids at
home who count on you for their well-being and care.
If you are in an accident, your Kids Safety Kit will make sure your children are never taken into the
custody of Child Protective Services because the police don't have
clear instructions as to who has legal authority to take custody of
your children.
In 9 simple steps you will have the total assurance of knowing your
children will always be raised by the care providers of your choosing,
with knowledge of your values, insights, life stories and experiences,
even if you can't be there.
Why Do I Need One?
If you are a mom or dad with children at home under the age of 18, you
need a Kids Safety Kit. If
you don’t have one and you are in an accident or become gravely ill,
when the police show up at your house and find your kids home alone or
with a babysitter, they have no choice but to call in Child
Protective Services and place your children with strangers until they
can determine who is legally entitled to their custody. And,
that’s just the short-term.
For their long-term care, your children would be at the mercy of an
overcrowded state court system that could never know as well as you
what is in the best interest of your children.
And, if you think a Will is sufficient to protect your kids, you are
mistaken. You see, a traditional Will names guardians for your kids for
the long-term, but the hearing to determine who those long term care
providers will be won't happen until months after that fateful event
that deprives your kids of you, potentially leaving your kids in the
hands of strangers until everyone can figure out what to do. And
if competing parties contest for the privilege of caring for your kids,
the lack of clear directions from you as to both whom you might want
and, equally important, who you never want to raise your kids, may
result in long awaited disastrous consequences for your kids.
I Have A Will - Isn't That Enough?
No, a will is not enough. The police who go to your home after an
accident aren’t going to read and interpret your will. Unless
you’ve taken specific steps, they'll have no choice but to place your
children into State protective custody, at least temporarily, until
other guardians are verified, found, and in many cases, only after
prolonged litigation by "concerned" relatives.
A will is very good at giving away property and naming permanent
guardians, but you should consider these other things that a typical
will does not do to protect your children:
A typical Will does not name immediate, local guardians to stay with
your children until the permanent guardians can arrive, nor does it
provide the legal authority they need to care for your children, even
temporarily.
A
typical Will does not give instructions to anyone about the values,
insights, stories and experiences you want to leave for your kids.
Typically, people don't carry copies of their Will with them. Thus in
an emergency, paramedics and police won't know that you have minor
children at home and won't have binding legal guidance as to whom to
entrust your children at that time.
A typical Will does not keep anyone you wouldn't want raising your kids
from challenging your decisions in Court after you are gone.
A typical Will does not work if you are temporarily unable to
communicate, but still living.
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