Secure Your Legacy with Trusted Estate Planning
Over 30 years of experience protecting assets in the Greater Kansas City area
At Paths Law Firm, we understand your estate plan is about more than just creating a pile of documents—it’s about protecting your family’s future and preserving your legacy. For over three decades, we’ve helped families in the Greater Kansas City area create comprehensive estate plans tailored to their unique needs and wishes.
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Estate planning isn’t just for the wealthy—it’s an essential step for anyone who wants to:
- Protect Your Assets and Loved Ones: Ensure your hard-earned assets are distributed according to your wishes.
- Minimize Taxes and Avoid Probate: Save your family time, money, and stress during an already difficult time.
- Ensure Your Healthcare Wishes are Respected: Make your medical preferences known and legally binding.
- Gain Peace of Mind: Rest easy knowing your affairs are in order and your family is protected.


Why Choose Paths Law Firm
When it comes to planning your estate and protecting your assets, experience matters. Here's why families in Greater Kansas City have trusted us for over 30 years:
With over 30 years focused solely on estate planning, it seems we’ve seen and solved it all.
We create customized plans that fit your unique family dynamics and financial situation.
Our deep understanding of Kansas and Missouri laws ensures your plan is fully compliant and effective.
We listen to your concerns and guide you through every step of the process.
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At Paths Law Firm, we offer a comprehensive range of estate planning services tailored to your unique needs. Our experienced attorneys will guide you through each aspect of your estate plan, ensuring your wishes are honored and your loved ones are protected.
- Last Will and Testament: Clearly state how you want your assets distributed
- Revocable Living Trusts: Manage your assets during your lifetime and avoid probate
- Irrevocable Trusts: Protect assets from creditors, including nursing homes, and reduce estate taxes
- Special Needs Trusts: Provide for loved ones with disabilities without jeopardizing government benefits
- Charitable Trusts: Leave a lasting legacy while potentially reducing taxes
- Durable Power of Attorney: Appoint someone to manage your financial affairs if you’re unable
- Limited Power of Attorney: Grant specific powers for particular transactions or time periods
- Springing Power of Attorney: Becomes effective only under certain circumstances, like incapacity
- Living Will: Specify your wishes for end-of-life medical care
- Healthcare Power of Attorney: Designate someone to make medical decisions on your behalf
- HIPAA Authorization: Ensure your designated representatives have access to your medical information
- Family Limited Partnerships: Protect family assets while maintaining control
- Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: Shield assets from future creditors
- Gifting Strategies: Reduce estate taxes through strategic gifting
- Business Succession Planning: Ensure smooth transition of your business to the next generation
- Special Needs Trusts: Provide for loved ones with disabilities without disqualifying them from government benefits
- ABLE Accounts: Tax-advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities
- Guardianship Planning: Ensure continued care and decision-making for dependent adult children
- Credit Shelter Trusts: Maximize estate tax exemptions for married couples
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts: Keep life insurance proceeds out of your taxable estate
- Qualified Personal Residence Trusts: Remove your home’s future appreciation from your taxable estate
- Charitable Remainder Trusts: Support your favorite causes while potentially reducing taxes
- Probate Assistance: Guide executors through the probate process
- Trust Administration: Help trustees understand and fulfill their fiduciary duties
- Estate Settlement: Efficiently settle estates and distribute assets to beneficiaries

Our team at Paths Law Firm is committed to creating a comprehensive estate plan that reflects your wishes and protects your legacy. We'll work closely with you to understand your unique situation and craft solutions that give you and your loved ones peace of mind.
Frequently Asked Estate Planning Questions
Estate planning is the process of organizing and planning for the distribution of your assets after your passing. It helps ensure your wishes are respected, minimizes taxes, and can help prevent family disputes.
Estate planning is the process of providing for management of your assets and personal care both during life and after passing, ensuring your wishes are honored, assets are protected, minimizing taxes, and preparing for potential incapacity.
A comprehensive estate plan typically includes a will, power of attorney, healthcare directive (or living will), and possibly a trust. Each document serves a different purpose in managing your assets and healthcare decisions.
Without an estate plan, state laws dictate how your assets are distributed, which may not align with your wishes. This can lead to lengthy court processes, increased taxes, and added stress for loved ones.
Without an estate plan, state laws dictate who inherits your assets and who’s in charge, which may conflict with your wishes, leading to lengthy court processes, higher taxes, and added stress for loved ones.
A will is a legal document that outlines how you want your assets distributed, while a trust is an arrangement that allows a third party, or trustee, to manage assets on behalf of beneficiaries. Trusts can offer greater control, privacy, and tax benefits.
A will specifies your wishes for assets passing through probate, overriding state distribution laws. A trust, however, lets a trustee manage assets directly for beneficiaries, often offering more control, privacy, and tax advantages outside probate.
It’s wise to review and update your estate plan every few years or after major life changes, such as marriage, divorce, the birth of a child, or significant changes in assets.
We recommend reviewing your estate plan every few years or after a major change or event, such as marriage, divorce, the birth of a child, or significant changes in assets.
Your executor or trustee should be someone you trust to carry out your wishes. Other suggested characteristics are that they are organized and reliable. They could be a family member, friend, or a professional, depending on the complexity of your estate or the availability of good choices.
A power of attorney grants someone the legal authority to make financial or healthcare decisions on your behalf if you become incapacitated. It ensures your affairs are managed according to your wishes, even if you can’t communicate them.
Proper estate planning strategies, like use of life insurance, strategic gifting, and using charities can reduce estate and inheritance taxes. Advanced use of charitable contributions can also allow more of your assets to pass to your beneficiaries.
Yes, estate planning isn’t only about wealth. It also covers healthcare wishes, guardianship for minor children, and other decisions that ensure your values and preferences are honored.
Start by consulting with an experienced estate planning attorney who can guide you through assessing your assets, understanding your goals, and drafting the necessary documents to secure your legacy.

You don't have to navigate this complex journey alone. Let Paths Law Firm be your trusted guide in securing the best possible financial future for you and your loved ones.
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