If you've ever had a legal question, you might have asked a lawyer friend, acquaintance, or even your former lawyer for quick advice. You...

You may have read about "probate avoidance," or you may have personal experience with a court case for a loved one's estate. Taking care...

Sometimes Things Fall Apart As hard as we might try, many marriages end in divorce. In fact, even though U.S. divorce rates are falling...

Estate planning is important for everyone, but it is especially important for parents with young children. No one likes to think about...

A perfectly planned retirement will leave you with plenty of money to live out your days in style, pay for medical and even nursing care,...

Often, people ask about family members or other loved ones who are unable to care for themselves because of disease, age, or disability....

Many potential clients come into an estate planning consultation knowing some legal terms, but not fully understanding what they mean....

What is a Revocable Living Trust? You may have heard of a trust before now. Most people hear of them the first time in the context of...

It can be hard out here on the prairie to connect with one's clients. Lawyers are trained to adapt, to pivot, to compensate.

New Year's Day is some kind of magical cutoff after which estate planning comes into focus. But what are y'all doing in the meantime?

Most people who have children will be tempted to leave the bulk of their estates to their kids in equal shares. Who are we kidding here?

As previously discussed, in Kansas there is no requirement that an officer immediately advise an arrestee of her rights.

Rights are not something that are conferred upon you by an officer reading a speech. My dear, you had the power all along.

Just as in any partnership, the key to success seems to be communication. But how are you supposed to know how much communication is enough?

In the months leading up to law school graduation, and then to the bar exam, and then to opening my own practice, I must have had the...