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[quote=Anonymous]Nanny is a great bet. Worry about the money later.

Do you have an estate plan? We did a planning session last year and part of what you do is plan for situations like this ... determine the temporary caretaker (e.g., nanny) and the longer term caretaker (e.g., family who live further away). Nanny takes care of kids until the family arrive. If you don't have the necessary paperwork and you, for some reason, are unable to convey this info it could get messy. Do not rely on emergency foster care; some of those homes are amazing, wonderful places and others are nightmare situations.

We live away from all family and have named a few sets of parents of our son's friends for short term emergency care options. Not necessarily super close friends of ours, but people our son knows and is comfortable with because he's spent hours at their homes and they are people we trust. That info plus the longer term options (and our lawyer's details) are stored in a "Family Binder" in a prominent location on a bookshelf. If ever in a car accident or something, it would be found. You can also formally name who you do *not* want to care for your kids (i.e., the unsafe local relatives); I had to do that w/my mentally ill older sister.[/quote]

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