Legacy · For the people who would raise them

Guardianship Planning

Naming who raises your children is the most important hour of estate planning — and the most avoided.

Parents sit on a sofa surrounded by their four young children

The promise, in one line

"We chose. In writing. The relief was physical."

The story

The conversation everyone postpones

If both parents are gone and no guardian is named, a courtroom of strangers chooses who raises your children — refereeing whichever relatives step forward.

Guardianship planning is one documented decision: the people, the values, the resources, the backup. It is uncomfortable for an hour and comforting for a lifetime.

The reality

What a guardian takes on

KES 6M–9M

What a child's education from primary through university can cost

15–20 years

How long a guardian must be prepared to support a child's education

What it protects

Promises, kept in writing

Your choice, binding

The guardian is the person you chose — not the loudest volunteer.

Values written down

Faith, schooling, home — the raising you intended, documented.

Resources attached

Guardianship pairs with cover and trusts so love is never underfunded.

Backups named

Second and third choices, so the plan survives life's changes.

Who This Is For

  • Parents of minor children who have not yet named a legal guardian
  • Couples whose families disagree on who should raise their children
  • Anyone who grew up watching a guardianship dispute and wants none for their own children
  • Parents whose children have special needs or circumstances requiring a specific guardian

How We Design It

  1. 01 Choose a guardian whose values, capacity and relationship you trust fully
  2. 02 Name a backup — life changes, and the plan must survive those changes
  3. 03 Document the decision in a legally valid instrument, not just a conversation
  4. 04 Attach cover and a trust so love is never underfunded

Protectors on Guardianship Planning

Families who made the promise

We argued about it for two years and settled it in ninety minutes with an advisor. The children never knew the stakes.

Mercy & John K. · Nairobi · Protectors since 2024

I grew up in a custody dispute. My daughters will not.

Baraka M. · Machakos · Protector since 2025

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The unremarkable Tuesday is today.

One conversation. Protection sized to the weight you actually carry.

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