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Written by: Attorney Scott Stork There is a specific kind of discomfort that arrives during tax season and has nothing to do with what you owe the IRS. It is the moment you pull up a retirement account statement to…

Written by: Attorney Raymond Chandler There is a specific moment that happens for a lot of families every spring. You sit down to review your finances for tax season, pull up your retirement account statements, look at what the house…

Written by: Attorney Anne Harris There is a particular kind of exhaustion that belongs exclusively to the sandwich generation. It is not just the physical tiredness of managing two households, two sets of needs, and two calendars that were never…

Written by: Attorney Marcus Tecarro Most people who have not updated their estate plan are not irresponsible. They are busy. They are well-intentioned. They have thought about it more than once, mentioned it to their spouse at least a few…

Written by: Attorney Scott Stork There is a particular kind of false comfort that comes with having an estate plan you have not looked at in fifteen years. It is still there. It is still signed. It still technically exists.…

Written by: Attorney Raymond Chandler Most estate plans do not fail dramatically. There is no single moment of obvious collapse, no clear event that signals the plan is broken. Instead, they fail the way most important things deteriorate quietly over…

Written by: Attorney Anne Harris Most people who have an estate plan feel a quiet sense of relief knowing it exists. The documents were signed, the attorney was paid, and the folder went into the filing cabinet or the safe…

Written by: Attorney Marcus Tecarro A surviving spouse in Missouri does not always have to go through probate. Whether probate is required depends on how assets were titled, not on the size of the estate or how long you were…

Written by: Attorney Scott Stork There is a specific kind of disorientation that nobody prepares you for. It is not just the grief, though the grief is enormous. It is the moment, maybe a week after the funeral, when you…

Written by: Attorney Raymond Chandler Probate in Missouri typically takes nine to eighteen months for a standard estate. Smaller estates that qualify for the simplified process can finish in three to six months, while those involving contested wills, creditor disputes,…