Probate, Trust & Elder Law
Missouri version of the Electronic Wills Act
Thursday, Sept. 14 | 2 - 2:50 p.m.
1.0 MCLE
Presented by: Adrienne J. Davis, MGD Law LLC, St. Louis
"What is your conservator doing in jail?"
Thursday, Sept. 14 | 3:10 - 4 p.m.
1.0 MCLE
Moderator: Hon. Deborah Daniels, 13th Judicial Circuit Court (retired), Columbia
Presented by: Courtney L. Fletcher, Carnahan Evans PC, Springfield; Joshua D. Harrel, Greene County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Springfield
This program will focus on real life scenarios, both from the probate/estate planning perspective and the prosecutor/criminal law perspective, in order to better understand the intersection of civil liability and criminal liability when funds are appropriated contrary to a fiduciary liability.
Intersection of probate and dissolution: How to pursue claims for someone who is now disabled or deceased
Thursday, Sept. 14 | 4:20 - 5:10 p.m.
1.0 MCLE
Presented by: Molly Nail, Chinnery Evans & Nail PC, Lee's Summit; Daniel P. Wheeler, Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP, Liberty
The learning objective is to have all participants understand and be able to apply the appropriate procedural and substantive rules in: 1) Rights of spouses and children in conservatorship and decedent estates; 2) Pursuing or defending a dissolution action for an incapacitated or disabled person; and 3) Pursuing or defending claims relating to obligations under a divorce decree or property settlement agreement after one party is deceased.
Smooth transitions: Legal considerations and strategies for business succession planning
Friday, Sept. 15 | 9 - 9:50 a.m.
1.0 MCLE
Presented by: Connie S. Haden, Haden & Colbert LLC, Columbia
The business of probate administration: Managing your practice
Friday, Sept. 15 | 10:10 - 11 a.m.
1.0 MCLE
Presented by: Jessica M. Rooks, The Rooks Law Firm LLC, Kirksville
This program will provide tips and strategies on how to manage a probate practice for solo or small firms. Areas to be examined include: practicing in an electronic community, practicing in multiple counties, and streamlining the probate practice for maximum efficiency.
Planning pitfalls and trust administration
Friday, Sept. 15 | 11:20 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
1.0 MCLE
Presented by: Lisa Tesar, Cumberland Trust, St. Louis; Kristen T. Southworth, Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis