Patrick Nolan is an estate‑planning attorney serving families across Northeast Missouri. After a decade in criminal and family law and a prior career as an award‑winning journalist, he now focuses on preventative law by helping clients avoid court through wills, trusts, Medicaid and elder‑law planning, and VA pension and disability counseling and coaching. A veteran and community volunteer, Patrick combines personal insight with legal expertise to protect what you value most.
People in Kirksville who own a cabin at the Lake of the Ozarks, a Florida condo, an Iowa farm, or a rental place somewhere else know both pride and headache.…
What These Deeds Mean for Families in Adair County The hand-off of a house, farm, or rental property in Adair County isn’t just paperwork. For most families around here, that…
On your child’s 18th birthday, the ground shifts. Suddenly, the law sees your son or daughter as an adult. You’re still paying tuition and keeping the insurance cards updated, but…
What a Missouri Estate Inventory Really Means—and Why Most Folks Would Rather Skip It Someone dies. There are assets in their name, no joint owner, nothing in trust. The Missouri…
How Missouri Timeshares Are Actually Owned Drive south on Highway 54. You’ll see billboards for Branson and the Lake of the Ozarks. Plenty of Missouri families bought timeshares out there—maybe…
Someone collapses in a house on Cottage Grove Avenue. Lights glare. Hospital staff look for orders—nothing. A durable power of attorney for healthcare would have made it simple. In Missouri,…
The Challenge of Blended Family Planning People get married again for all kinds of reasons. But when you try to plan for the future—who gets what, who gets left behind—it…
The Move from Pen and Paper to Pixels Change finally arrives in law’s oldest corners. Starting in 2026, under the new Missouri Electronic Wills and Trusts Act (HB 2037, 2024…
You watch your kid pack for college, maybe standing in the parking lot outside the dorm at Truman State or A.T. Still. The next morning, the law treats them like…