Elizabeth Edwards recently succumbed to cancer after a six year battle with the disease.  Throughout the fight she always said, that her children were her top priority.

It is a true tragedy when young children lose their mother.  I see this too often in my practice and the lesson is that you are never too young to take care of your estate planning.

One of the primary parts of your estate plan is naming a guardian for your minor children.

Fortunately Elizabeth Edwards took care of her planning.  Edwards told ABCNews.com that her children will go to John and then, if he died, to Cate, a plan that she said was written into her will. (more…)