Your financial plans are based on certain assumptions. One of the assumptions is that life will happen and your plan will need to update too. That’s why financial planning is a process… not a one-time event.
Following is a list of events that should be shared with your planner once they are anticipated so you can prepare and adjust accordingly. Always better to take care of it proactively rather than trying to fix-it later.
Life Events
- Marriage / Divorce / Separation / Remarriage
- Birth or Adoption of Child / Grandchild
- Children go to college
- Last child leaves home.. or returns home
- Child marries / divorces
- Parent marries / divorces
- Purchase / Sell of Your Home
- Selling or Buying Other Properties
- Inheritance: Especially before Claiming IRA, Life Insurance or Other Assets
- New Employer / Career Change
- Lose Job
- Starting a Business
- Selling Your Business
- Business operational concerns
- Disability or Chronic Illness of Self or Spouse
- Disability or Chronic Illness of Parent/Grandparent/Child/Grandchild
- Relocation of Loved One to Assisted Care