Stepping In When It Matters It happens fast—a diagnosis, a deployment, trouble with the law, or a phone call in the middle of the night. Suddenly, you can’t be there…
The Nuts and Bolts of a Revocable Living Trust Paperwork piles up in nearly every Missouri home—deeds, account statements, insurance policies. Sooner or later, it raises the same question: who…
The Gears That Turn Missouri Inheritance Law First question: was there a will, and if so, is that will real—signed, witnessed, legal under Missouri inheritance laws? If the answer’s yes,…
What It Means to Hand Over Medical Decisions If you land in a hospital room with no good way to speak or think for yourself, someone will have to call…
Irrevocable Trusts—What They Are and What They Aren’t Handing over control doesn’t come easy. With an irrevocable trust, that’s exactly what you do. You take assets—land, savings, insurance, whatever carries…
Step-By-Step: Parsing the Missouri Probate Process Probate in Missouri isn’t math; it’s more like clearing a field after a storm. Someone passes, and suddenly you’re sorting their will—if they even…
Death Without a Will—The State Takes Over When someone in Missouri dies without a valid will, the law steps in. The estate doesn’t wait for family debates or old promises—it…
When new parents in Missouri die without a will, the state’s intestacy laws dictate who inherits their assets and, critically, who will raise their minor children. This means a probate…
Estate planning for parents with minor children after remarriage in Missouri involves a careful, often complex, structuring of assets and guardianship to protect all your loved ones. It ensures your…
A Legal Guardian in Missouri is a person or entity appointed by a probate court to make decisions for another individual, known as a ward, who is deemed legally incapacitated…