For Minor Children

Estate Planning For Minor Children

Protect your most valuable treasures with proper legal planning

Safeguard Your Young Family’s Future Today

Parents who are estate planning for minor children commonly face two critical choices. First, who will take care of my minor children if orphaned, and second, who will manage their inheritance?

As with your own personal, health care, and financial decisions, you want to select their guardians yourself rather than let a probate judge make the selection without your input.

Only proper legal and estate planning can ensure your family’s future. Merhab Robinson & Clarkson can help you address these difficult questions and will prepare custom plans based on your needs, including legal plans for compensation of the guardians and a financial fiduciary to administer and distribute any inheritance.

Extremely Responsive to All My Questions

“I am a trust client of Paula and I cannot say enough positive things about her/their knowledge of trusts and estate planning. She has always been extremely responsive to my questions and concerns and educates me in the process. I have referred my son and a close friend to her, and they are also very pleased. I was referred to her by a friend in family law, and I remain impressed.”

– Anne B., Client

Ms. Robinson is an Excellent Attorney

“Ms. Robinson is an excellent attorney. She and her firm have represented our company as corporate counsel for over 30 years. I have worked with Marla for over 20 years, and she is extremely knowledgeable, articulate, responsive, helpful – the list goes on. She can form a corporation or LLC, write or revise a contract within minutes, and she’s a highly effective negotiator. She and her colleagues have seen us through countless corporate ventures, contract negotiations, employee matters, and more.”

– Aimee M., Client

Timely, Professional, and Reasonable

“Ms. Clarkson inherited me when my attorney left his practice to serve as a judge, so I was a bit apprehensive using this firm initially. But after my first visit, and every time since over the last few years, Ms. Clarkson and her staff have done everything I needed in a very timely, professional, and reasonable manner. I highly recommend this firm for your Estate planning.”

– T. Gibson, Client

Latest Blogs

The Risks of an Unfinished Estate Plan—and Why You Should Complete Yours

Planning for the future, especially your own mortality, is never easy. Even when you understand the importance of creating a will or trust to protect your loved ones, finding the motivation to complete an estate plan can be difficult. Yet an unfinished estate plan is almost as risky as having no plan at all. Without finalized documents, your wishes may not be honored, your family may face unnecessary stress, and your estate could go through a time-consuming legal process.

September 4, 2026

The Call That Sounded Like a Scam—But Turned Out to Be an Inheritance

To ensure that what you leave for your loved ones goes to the people you intend, make a plan. Without clear records, communication, and estate planning, today’s forgotten asset can become tomorrow’s mystery—something your family has to rediscover, research, and piece back together on their own. Otherwise, for them, it may start the same way: with a phone call that sounds exactly like a scam.

September 2, 2026

Seven Estate Planning Traps Most People Miss—and Seven Questions to Audit Your Family’s Future

Your estate plan needs to keep up with you. The problem is that your estate plan does not update itself. Documents you signed years ago may still be legally valid, but that does not necessarily mean that they still reflect your life today or that they will work the way you expect when they are needed.

August 31, 2026

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