<p style="text-align: justify;">WealthCounsel Quarterly July 2011 Volume 5 No.3. featuring an article written by Rack & Moccia associate Jennifer L. Moccia.</p>  <!--more-->  <div></div> <p style="text-align: right;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.racklaw.com/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/7.15.2011-jlm-wealth-counsel.pdf"><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-5904" src="http://www.racklaw.com/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pdf-icon.png" alt="pdf-icon" style="float: right;" height="15" width="15" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.racklaw.com/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/7.15.2011-jlm-wealth-counsel.pdf">Download PDF</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">As the rates of divorce and remarriage climb, those with recently blended families may be witnessing the emergence of troublesome estate planning issues.  The interests of a new spouse and child can create conflict with a parent’s desire to provide fairly for children from a previous relationship, causing unforeseen complications, misunderstandings, and damage to the blended family unit.  For those family members without a clear understanding of their new rights and obligations, the following scenarios provide examples of common planning problems and potential solutions to these issues.  <a href="http://www.racklaw.com/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/7.15.2011-jlm-wealth-counsel.pdf"><span style="color: #800000;"><em>For the remainder of the article click here</em></span></a></p>