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How Estate Planning Carries Your Values, Not Just Your Money

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 16, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Estate planning tends to get boxed in with numbers—ledgers, tax brackets, assets ticking up or down. But there’s more at stake. If you look past the worksheets, you find something…
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Why Missouri Business Owners Can’t Rely on a Will Alone

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 16, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Why a Business Changes the Estate Planning Game Owning a business in Missouri means you have more to worry about than just what happens to your house or checking account…
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Protecting What You’ve Built: Estate Planning for Missouri Professionals Facing Lawsuits

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 16, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Long hours. Paperwork stacked high. You push through the grind, years running together, chasing some hard ground—building up a practice, a reputation, a roof over your family. Doctors, lawyers, accountants,…
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Medicaid Planning vs. Estate Planning in Missouri: What Actually Matters

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 15, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Sit down with a Missouri family sorting out their future, and two words come up: Medicaid, estate. One pulls toward protecting assets in case long-term care wipes you out. The…
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How Estate Planning Keeps Missouri Families Together After a Loss

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 14, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Estate Planning as a Barrier Against Family Conflict Death does more than leave an empty seat at the table. It shuffles lives, opens up old wounds, sometimes splits families wide.…
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How Estate Planning Keeps Your Family Out of Missouri Courts

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 14, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
What Really Happens in Missouri Probate When someone dies without a real plan in Missouri, everything slows down. There’s no gentle way to say it. People grieve, but the probate…
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Naming a Guardian in Missouri: The Legal Gaps You’ll Wish You’d Closed

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 14, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
You can see the question plain as day—who steps in for your child if you're suddenly not here? For Missouri parents, naming a guardian is not just a tough emotional…
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Why Estate Planning Can’t Wait Until Kids Are Older

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 13, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Turning 18 in Missouri: The Door Closes Quietly The reality hits fast. Your child turns eighteen, and the world quietly swaps the locks. Missouri law marks the passage with a…
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If You Don’t Plan: What Happens To Your Children In Missouri

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 12, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Parenthood—and the Things Most People Don’t Talk About When you bring a child home—tiny fingers gripping yours—you think about car seats, diapers, sleep. You don’t think about what happens if…
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If You’re Incapacitated in Missouri Without a Plan—Here’s What Happens to Everything You Own

Posted by By Patrick Nolan January 11, 2026Posted inEstates and Trusts, Trusts, Wills
Incapacity Isn’t Theoretical—And the Law Doesn’t Wait One day you’re signing checks, making calls, running your own life. The next, a stroke or a wreck or slow decline cuts you…
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