Dear Michael: Recently, my father passed on. My mother had died some years ago. She had no will at the time of her death, but my father receiv…
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Dear Michael: My two brothers and I are entangled in a partnership that my father started. He started with a normal partnership but then he ch…
How do you guaranteed to make passing on your estate “equitable” between all the children? There are many ways to accomplish this.
Dear Michael: I have an unusual situation. Years ago, I came back to farm with my parents. At the time, they thought it would be a good idea t…
Dear Michael: We have been farming with our son for about five years now. We had him on wages for a time but we recently shifted him to shares…
Dear Michael: We could use some help with our children. We have one child who has been farming with us for a long time. We have four other chi…
Dear Michael: I remember when our parents were young. It seems like they always had a will in place. Later on, they went with a living trust b…
Dear Michael: We have read your columns over the past few weeks regarding the use of a life estate as an estate planning tool. We have a lot o…
