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Balancing Individualized Care and Legal Safety: A Practical Guide for Wellness Businesses

Introduction Wellness professionals—massage therapists, nutritionists, acupuncturists, holistic health coaches, and other practitioners—walk a delicate line: offering personalized care while staying within legal and ethical limits.[…]

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The Immediate Tax Benefits of Using a Charitable Trust in Your Estate Plan

How Missouri and Illinois Families Can Reduce Taxes Today With a CRAT or CRUT At Crowder & Scoggins, we often work with families who want[…]

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Planning With A Donor Advised Fund

For many families, charitable giving is both a financial strategy and a way to express deeply held values. A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is one of[…]

The Taxable Benefits of a CRAT or CRUT: How They Work and What Sets Them Apart

When it comes to advanced charitable giving and estate tax planning, few tools provide more flexibility and tax efficiency than a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT).[…]

Ensuring you have a will means that your assets will go through probate, but with a will, can you still avoid probate?

Will vs. Trust: Which One Is Right for You in St. Louis?

Planning for the future is one of the most important gifts you can give your loved ones. When it comes to estate planning in St.[…]

Life Estates in Illinois: Why They’re Often Not Your Best Move (and How Trusts Do Better)

If you own Illinois real estate and want to keep things simple, a life estate can look tempting: you keep the right to live there[…]

Missouri’s New Remote and Digital Estate Planning Legislation: What You Need to Know

In a significant move towards modernizing legal processes, Missouri has recently enacted new legislation that permits remote and digital estate planning. This groundbreaking law allows[…]

Starting a new business? It is important to check whether your name – even if you have a good domain name isn’t taken by someone else.

Starting a business is an incredibly exciting adventure filled with numerous important decisions, and one of the very first and most crucial choices you will[…]

How to Create a Foundation in Illinois

How to Set Up a Foundation in Illinois: A Step-by-Step Guide Setting up a foundation in Illinois is a rewarding way to make a lasting[…]

Data privacy and security, where do we stand.

This is a paper one of our attorneys wrote in 2010, but a lot of it still holds true today. This is aged information, but[…]