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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 36 MIN

Who Speaks For You When You Cannot

from Real Talk with Life After Grief Chris · host Christopher Dale

Send us Fan MailWe talk with Maddy Roach of Childfree Trust® about why child-free and permanently childless adults face a different kind of estate planning problem: not paperwork, but finding the right people to legally act when life gets messy. We share how Child Free Trust helps fill the medical POA gap, protects your wishes & reduces the burden that often lands on advisors and friends. • Why the child-free demographic is growing & what it changes in financial planning • The fiduciary conflict that prevents advisors from serving as medical POA • How a missing or unsigned POA can force decisions onto hospitals or courts • What Child Free Trust does across medical POA, executor, trustee and care planning • Why elder care oversight matters in rehab & nursing facilities • Why Maddie restructures estate planning into continuity planning • Pricing basics, hourly POA support & the Medicaid commitment • Where to learn more & how to contact Maddie Get into contact with Maddy here:Chief Growth Officer of [email protected] Trust®Childfree Trust | Connect with me on LinkedIn📖 Join my Launch Team for my upcoming book, Life After Grief: Holding the Numbers with Shaking Hands--When Money, Trauma, Grief and Racism Collide.As a launch team member, you’ll:• Get early access and behind-the-scenes insights• Help spread a message that brings comfort and courage• Be part of a community that speaks honestly about grief• Play a meaningful role in helping this book reach the people who need it mostSupport the showDid you know you can now Help Us Continue Making Awesome Content for Listeners Affected by Grief!Thanks for listening!  Follow us on twitter or follow us on Facebook.  You can also find us on LinkedIn.  

Send us Fan Mail We talk with Maddy Roach of Childfree Trust® about why child-free and permanently childless adults face a different kind of estate planning problem: not paperwork, but finding the right people to legally act when life gets messy. We share how Child Free Trust helps fill the medical POA gap, protects your wishes & reduces the burden that often lands on advisors and friends. • Why the child-free demographic is growing & what it changes in financial planning ...

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