My Family Knows What to Do ☑
This is your DIY care and estate planning system.
It gives you the tools to create, organize, and communicate your plans before a health event, caregiving crisis, or loss leaves your family guessing.
This is not a document organizer. It is not a generic “what to do when I die” binder. It is a practical planning system designed to help you communicate your wishes, clarify responsibilities, and prepare your spouse, kids, and loved ones to know what to do, even in grief.
Your family should not have to wonder what matters most, who is responsible, where things are, or what to do next.
Inside, you will work through the same kinds of questions professional planners use to create clarity between clients, families, and advisors. You will identify key decision-makers, outline care preferences, organize legal and financial details, document important contacts, clarify family roles, and communicate the decisions that may one day need to be made.
The goal is simple:
To make sure your loved ones are clear, not guessing.
Clear about your wishes.
Clear about your documents.
Clear about who is in charge.
Clear about how decisions should be made.
Clear about what matters most when life gets hard.
Because when a crisis happens, your family does not just need information.
They need a plan they can understand, trust, and use.
The Care and Estate Binder equip your family for…
Ben Bolen at his office in Ann Arbor, MI. This image was taken for an article in a local paper about the importance of financial planning for business owners. Business owners face significant challenges and opportunities. This sparked the creation of the Business Owner Exit and Succession Guide, so your business can turn into your legacy. That guide is one of the many resources in the Care and Estate Planner.