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- GuardianshipThese allow you to appoint someone you know and trust to make your personal health care and financial decisions even when you cannot. If you are incapacitated without these legal documents, then you and your family will be involved in a probate proceeding known as a guardianship and conservatorship. This is the court proceeding where a judge determines who should make these decisions for you under the ongoing supervision of the court.
- Business DisputesThe founding member of the firm, Andrew is a lifelong resident of Omaha, Nebraska. He has over 20 years of legal experience and has focused his practice on estate and business planning since 1999. He has lectured across the country on an array of estate planning and business law topics, in addition to co-authoring several books on estate, business, and farm planning.
- Limited Liability CompaniesEstate Planning with Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys 54th Semi-Annual Collegium (2014).
- Real Estate LitigationAfton Basden earned her Associate’s Degree and a Paralegal Certificate from the University of Alaska, Anchorage in 2002 and has worked as a paralegal since that time in various offices. Afton has been in her current position since 2008, and assists attorneys with probate and trust administrations, estate planning, real estate matters and business entity planning.
- Medicaid PlanningOur attorneys who practice in Medicaid planning routinely assist clients with proactive planning, by developing a long-term plan which seeks to protect assets through traditional estate planning tools such as trusts, as well as a variety of asset protection tools such as life estates, Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts, etc. while coordinating private long-term care insurance, veterans’ benefits, and other resources which may be available to pay for care, without draining all the family’s assets.
- Estate PlanningA+ business and estate planning. My experience with Legacy Design Strategies is positive in large part because of attorney Colin M. Kastrick, but everyone on staff has been helpful every step of the way toward starting my own business.
- WillsAmy graduated from Hastings College in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with an emphasis on Criminology and Human Services. She then received her J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2021, with a concentration on land and natural resources. She joined Legacy Design Strategies as an attorney in September 2021 after working as a law clerk during her final year of law school. Amy primarily focuses on will and trust administration and probate.
- TrustsFor many serving as executors or trustees, the responsibilities they face seem daunting during an already stressful time. The probate or trust administration process occurs during an emotional time for families; and the complex, detailed tasks associated with the process can only add to the stress. By working with executors and trustees, we strive to make the post-death settlement process as easy and stress free as possible by providing clear, detailed guidance on the legal and technical aspects of administering an estate or trust.
- Power of AttorneySometimes called an Advance Medical Directive, a living will allows you to state your wishes in advance regarding what types of medical life support measures you prefer to have, or have withheld/withdrawn if you are in a terminal condition (without reasonable hope of recovery) and cannot express your wishes yourself. Oftentimes a living will is executed along with a Durable Power of Attorney for Health care, which gives someone legal authority to make your health care decisions when you are unable to do so yourself.
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- Tax LawSo begins the conversation these days between farm and ranch owner(s) and professional advisors. While some may think of estate planning as merely estate tax planning, taxes are just one issue. The most difficult and important matters may have little to do with taxes. Creating and carrying out plans that will ensure fair—while not necessarily equal—treatment of your loved ones is such a matter.