Estate Planning

Proper estate planning can help protect assets and preserve wealth for future generations. It can also help you decide who will make medical and financial decisions if you become incapacitated or are adjudicated incompetent to make your own decisions. Anyone who owns property or who has minor children should think about what would happen in the event of their death. If you die without a will or proper estate plan, your property will be distributed according to Kansas law and a judge may decide who will be appointed your children's guardian. By proactively planning for the future, you can make the decisions about the distribution of your property and the care of your children after you are gone.

At The Law Office of Mark Logan, LLC, we provide comprehensive estate planning services. During your free consultation, we evaluate your total estate, and learn all we can about your goals, wealth, and the property and assets you may have-ever mindful of the attorney-client privilege. Contact us today for a complimentary consultation with an experienced Shawnee, Kansas, estate planning attorney.

Helping You Plan for the Future

In addition to drafting simple and complex wills, attorney Mark Logan can advise you about ways in which you may be able to:

  • Avoid the cost, delay, and public nature of probate proceedings through the use of trusts, joint tenancy, and other estate planning tools
  • Minimize or eliminate estate and inheritance taxes
  • Assure continuity for a ranch, farm, or family business
  • Provide security for a surviving spouse or children, or an educational opportunity for a
    beneficiary
  • Name guardians, conservators, or trustees for minor children
  • Provide future financial assistance to a disabled or elderly loved one, without affecting eligibility for government benefits, such as Medicaid or Social Security Benefits through a Special Needs Trust
  • Benefit charities through charitable remainder trusts and charitable gift planning (customized for each individual)
  • Establish an Irrevocable Trust
  • Transfer assets into a Revocable Living Trusts (lets you remain control of your assets and avoid probate)

In addition to traditional estate planning, we also help our clients plan for future incapacity. You can appoint one or more people to make medical and financial decisions for you should you become incompetent or incapacitated. If a loved one already is disabled, has Alzheimer's, or otherwise faces a financial or health crisis, estate planning is still important. We assist clients with the following:

  • Durable / Springing power of attorney (to act on mentally or physically incapacitated person's behalf; signed while person can properly execute document)
  • Legal Guardianship / Conservatorship (established to arrange for the treatment of, i.e., a mother with Alzheimer's or a disabled spouse)
  • Elder law (helping senior citizens apply and qualify for Kansas Medicaid benefits)
  • Healthcare directive / Living will (to communicate to your family and doctors your wishes about extraordinary medical care such as feeding tubes, ventilators, respirators, etc.)

We employ a wide range of estate planning tools to better serve our clients. We can draft a simple will or provide elaborate estate planning services, including marital trusts and nonmarital trusts, in which protection for death taxes and estate taxes is maximized for each individual.

When a dispute arises as to whom should receive what after a death in the family, a knowledgeable probate and estate planning attorney can help. Lawyer Mark R. Logan has used family settlement agreements to accomplish an equitable division of assets in many such disputes.

Contact us today to discuss your estate planning needs.

Our Law firm represents clients in Kansas including, but not limited to: Shawnee, Bonner Springs, Gardner, Kansas City, Lawrence, Leawood, Lenexa, Merriam, Mission, Olathe, Overland Park, and Roeland Park. We serve communities throughout Johnson County, Douglas County, and Wyandotte County.