Photo: Surachai/FreeDigitalPhotos.net Both Kansas and Missouri have specific laws related to the operation of bicycles and cars on city streets. Although the laws are similar, they are not identical. For the most part, however, the following is generally true for both car and bike drivers. 1. Both must follow the general laws regarding traffic …
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Too often, news headlines detail tragic mass shootings, whether premeditated or committed in the heat of a terrible moment. Inevitably, there is a subsequent discussion of our nation’s gun rights, among the most liberal in the world. Most adults, and many children, can recite the substance of the Second Amendment of the Constitution, the primary …
Magruder Report: Why Would Anyone Create An Intentionally Defective Or A Crummey Trust?
Perhaps two of the most unfortunate vocabulary choices in the estate planning field lie with the "Crummey Trust" and the “Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust,” or IDGT. There's nothing crummy about a Crummey trust. These trusts, which got their name from Clifford Crummey, a Methodist minister who won a fight with the Internal Revenue Service in …
Shawn Stogsdill: Attorney Spotlight
Shawn Stogsdill joined the firm in August of 2008. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1997 and earned an LLM in taxation from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law in 1999. He was a visiting scholar at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. For the past 15 years, Shawn has represented businesses and …
Passing the Torch!
It has become a tradition here at Van Osdol & Magruder that we have an annual firm retreat, and this year was no different. This year one of the biggest topics for discussion was that of succession planning. Succession planning centers on both internal and external issues. With internal issues, the attorneys review the plan for the succession …
Beachy Temporarily Speechless
You may have heard that Bob Beachy suffered a mini-stroke that affected his speech at our office a couple of weeks ago. Most of the partners and staff were relieved that Bob was silenced for a minute or two, but it turned out that the relief from his vocal outpourings was very short. He was back in the office the next day with nothing to show for …
