Kristen Marks is a travel enthusiast, empty-nest mom to two young adult children, athlete, attorney, author, speaker, proud wife of almost three decades to the same wonderful man! Kristen has been crafting professional estate plans for Floridians and their families for over 28 years.
Our son who has been studying abroad this semester in Latvia was spending two weeks in Poland when Latvia went on another Covid lockdown a couple of months ago. Since his classes had temporarily moved online, it was a perfect opportunity to continue his travels around Europe. Andrew, Jill and I are traveling to Eastern Europe this weekend to meet up with our son.
The itinerary has been in flux with the Covid situation. Originally we planned to visit Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary. With Austria on lockdown, we are now planning to visit Maribor, Slovenia so the kids can ski, Belgrade, Serbia, and Budapest, Hungary, all countries that I had to look up on a map sad, right?!
There is a lot to coordinate in the meantime. Procrastination on such items will only make things worse. I may forget something or even lose my opportunity to be fully prepared.
Our office receives regular phone calls from frantic family members whose loved ones are deathly ill who still need to plan their affairs. Unfortunately, sometimes it is too late to assist them. Their window of opportunity to plan has already closed. If you have been putting off scheduling an estate planning consultation with your attorney, remember this.
