
Estate Planning and Preparing Your Operation to Be Passed Down
Written by David Payne – Estate Planning Attorney, Ozarks Legacy Law As featured in JRS Cattlemen’s News – November 2022 Issue See Article Those without

Written by David Payne – Estate Planning Attorney, Ozarks Legacy Law As featured in JRS Cattlemen’s News – November 2022 Issue See Article Those without

For married same-sex couples, a marriage license may soon no longer be enough to protect their union.

Estate planning is not just for affluent individuals. While good estate planning can lead to desirable financial outcomes under the right circumstances, estate planning in its most basic form involves implementing the legal steps and directives that are necessary to ensure that your health and your assets are managed properly in the event of incapacity and death.

No one enters a relationship — be it personal or business — thinking it will fail. However, what happens when it does?


These days it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by many things such as politics, gas prices, the gyrating stock market, summer travel, heatwaves and your health. One thing that shouldn’t overwhelm you is estate planning.

There’s always plenty of time to get your affairs in order, until you get run over by a cement truck.

A special needs trust is a popular strategy for those who want to help someone in need without risking that the person will lose their eligibility for programs that require their income or assets to remain below a certain limit.
The IRS is weighing a change that could leave your heirs poorer than you might hope.

Of all of the essential estate planning documents, the durable general power of attorney is usually the document that is needed first.