Are you prepared for every contingency impatient beneficiaries and absent-minded PRs can throw your way? Do you know how to handle an estate when the creditors are banging on the decedent's door? We've compiled this little shop of probate horrors for you to learn from others' mistakes before you stumble into them. Whether you're new to the area of probate law or have practiced it for years, you will find this “walkthrough of errors” useful. Don't get caught unprepared – order today!

1. Conservatorships and Guardianships
2. Personal Representative Challenges
3. Determining Rightful Heirs or Beneficiaries
4. Special Issues and Problems
5. Possible Liability Problems
6. Financial and Tax Hurdles
7. Probate for Another Purpose
8. Probate Litigation
9. Closing Estates

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1. CONSERVATORSHIPS AND GUARDIANSHIPS
   9:00 - 9:30, Written and presented by Tim J. Larson in Overland Park and Wichita.
   1. Basic Guidelines to Knowing How and When to Use These Tools
   2. Procedures and Forms
   3. Guardianship/Conservatorship for Minors
   4. Guardianship/Conservatorship for Disabled Adults
   5. Estate Planning With a Conservatee (i.e. Stipulated Judgments )
2. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE CHALLENGES
   9:30 - 10:00, Written and presented by Roberta L. Wilkes in Overland Park and Wichita.
   1. Having a PR Appointed When There's No Will
   2. Multiple or Co-PRs
   3. Out of State PR
   4. Controlling the Wayward PR
   5. Disability of a PR or Other Fiduciary
   6. Dealing With Theft or Mismanagement
   7. Disputes Between Beneficiaries and PRs
3. DETERMINING RIGHTFUL HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES
   10:00 - 10:30, Written and presented by Roberta L. Wilkes in Overland Park and Wichita.
   1. How to Handle Family Controversies
   2. Common Law Marriage Issues
   3. Non-Marital Children
   4. Equitable Adoption Claims
   5. Finding Missing Heirs
   6. Determining Heirs in Tardy Probate
4. SPECIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
   10:45 - 11:15, Written and presented by Roberta L. Wilkes in Overland Park and Wichita.
   1. Ancillary Probate
   2. Multiple Estates; The Estate Within an Estate
   3. Heirs Property
   4. Differences Between Jurisdictions
   5. Unclaimed Property and Escheat Law
   6. Lapsed or Void Gifts
   7. Death Before the Divorce is Finalized
   8. Avoiding Foreclosure of a Probate Asset
   9. Clearing Up Title Problems
   10. Dealing With a Foreign-Born Decedent, Foreign Beneficiaries or Property in Other Countries
5. POSSIBLE LIABILITY PROBLEMS
   11:15 - 12:00, Written and presented by Tim J. Larson in Overland Park and Wichita.
   1. Statutes of Limitations
   2. Creditors' Claims; Negotiating With Creditors
   3. Selling Property to Pay Claims
   4. Incarcerated Heirs or Beneficiaries
   5. Uncooperative Beneficiaries
   6. Tax Claims and Liens
   7. The Insolvent Estate
6. FINANCIAL AND TAX HURDLES
   1:00 - 2:00, Written and presented by Tim J. Larson in Overland Park and Wichita.
   1. Problems With Bookkeeping and Accounting
   2. Problems With Taxes (What, When and How to File)
   3. Problems With Elections and Non-Probate Assets (IRA Distributions and Their Tax Consequences)
   4. Open or Contingent Claims by or Against Estate
   5. Business Interests of the Decedent (Particularly Failing Business Interests)
   6. Disputes Between the Estate and Business Partners
   7. The Shares of Minors in an Estate
   8. How to Calculate the Elective Share, Omitted Spouse Share or Omitted Child Share
   9. Shares of Disabled Adults and Means-Tested Government Benefits
   10. Finding Real Estate, Bank Accounts, Life Insurance, Intangibles, etc.
7. PROBATE FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE
   2:00 - 2:30, Written by A. Vaughn Tolle. Presented by K. Kirk Nystrom in Overland Park and A. Vaughn Tolle in Wichita.
1. Wrongful Death Litigation
2. Minor Settlements
3. Creditors' Claims
4. Other Lawsuits: The Decedent as Plaintiff or Defendant
8. PROBATE LITIGATION
   2:45 - 3:45, Written and presented by K. Kirk Nystrom in Overland Park. Presented by A. Vaughn Tolle in Wichita.
   1. Procedural Rules in Probate
      1. Use of Summons
      2. Is an Answer Required?
   2. Probate Discovery
   3. Special Evidentiary Provisions
      1. Dead Man's Statute
      2. Attorney-Client Privilege
   4. Using Mediation in Probate – New Rules
   5. Lost Wills
   6. Deed Contests
   7. Will Contests
      1. Possible Grounds
      2. What Makes for a Good Will Contest Case?
      3. Burdens of Proof
      4. Jury Trials
   8. The Appeals Process
9. CLOSING ESTATES
   3:45 - 4:30, Written and presented by K. Kirk Nystrom in Overland Park. Presented by A. Vaughn Tolle in Wichita.
   1. Formal Closing
   2. Informal Closing by Statement of Personal Representative
   3. Liability of Distributees
   4. Reopening Estates – When, How and Why?

TIM J. LARSON maintains a private practice of law in Wichita, Kansas, where he concentrates in the areas of elder law, estate and business planning. He is a frequent speaker on estate planning issues and has co-written the books Legacy: Plan, Protect and Preserve Your Estate, Generations: Planning Your Legacy and Strictly Business, a book dedicated solely to the special planning concerns faced by small business owners. Mr. Larson has contributed to the monthly column "Estate Planning and Elder Law Issues," in the publication Kansas Country Living. He earned his B.S. degree from Emporia State University and his J.D. degree from the Washburn University School of Law. Mr. Larson is a member of the Wichita Estate Planning Council and one of the 15 selected members of e.Planners, Inc., a nonprofit estate planning educational organization of attorneys. (Overland Park and Wichita locations)

K. KIRK NYSTROM is the principal of Nystrom Law Office, in Topeka, Kansas, with extensive experience in the areas of senior law, estate planning, real estate and probate law. He earned his LL.M. degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, his B.B.A. degree, School of Business Scholar, from Washburn University, and his J.D. degree, Barrister's Society, from Washburn University School of Law. Mr. Nystrom marketed real estate and held a Kansas real estate broker's license before he began practicing law. He taught real estate fundamentals at Washburn University, and he often lectures for various professional groups. Mr. Nystrom is a member of the Probate Committee of the Topeka Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. (Overland Park location)

A. VAUGHN TOLLE is a shareholder in the Wichita firm of Busey & Tolle, Chartered. Mr. Tolle has concentrated the emphasis of his practice in the areas of taxation, probate and corporate law since 1979. He earned his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Kansas. Mr. Tolle has previously spoken on probate law to professional groups and is a member of the Wichita Bar Association. (Wichita location)

ROBERTA L. WILKES is a partner in the law firm of Wilkes & Dunn, where she practices in the areas of probate, estate planning, real estate, small business and nonprofit organizations. Ms. Wilkes earned her B.A. degree from Wichita State University and her J.D. degree, with distinction, from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and is licensed to practice law in both Kansas and Oklahoma. She taught legal professionals for more than 20 years at both Johnson County Community College and Kansas City Kansas Community College. Ms. Wilkes has spoken at seminars for lawyers, primarily in the field of estate planning and probate. She is a member of the Wyandotte County Bar Association and the Cherokee County Bar Association in Oklahoma. (Overland Park and Wichita locations)

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