Title: Splitting Heirs: Giving Your Money and Things to Your Children Without Ruining Their Lives
Author: Ron Blue
Publisher: Northfield Publishing, 2008; 224 pp. $14.99
Recommendation (4-star scale): 
You may have more money to leave to your heirs than you think.
And leaving them less than they may think is equitable is probably better for them than they think.
This is the basic message of Ron Blue’s book that addresses the topic of what to do with your money at the time of your death. Actually, that’s not completely accurate — Blue advocates being proactive with making decisions about the resources you will leave behind before you die.
With great care, he walks readers through the kinds of decisions they will have to make with their resources, what the various tax implications are for each of those decisions, how to make decisions that care for their families (and don’t ruin them with too much wealth too suddenly) and glorify God, and how to communicate those decisions to and with the family members.
The book is clearly and well-written and is a quick read, but is also very helpful — because many people are reticent to address issues relating to their own deaths (they no more want to draft wills than they want to think about their own funeral services). And this book graciously addresses important financial considerations for all believers, but particularly those in the latter half of life (the over-40 crowd). If you find yourself in that group, this book is for you.
Words of Grace 