Free Estate Planning Workshop 

River Bend Nature Center is pleased to offer a free estate planning workshop for RBNC members presented by Kristin Yahnke of the law firm Schmitz, Ophaug, Blumhoefer & Yahnke, LLP.

Having a clearly spelled out estate plan is an important thing to leave your loved ones. It helps ensure that your wishes are carried out and can prevent conflict among your loved ones after you are gone. You don’t need to be wealthy to have an estate plan and it’s never too soon to put your wishes and directives in writing.

Attorney, Kristin Yahnke of Schmitz, Ophaug, Blumhoefer & Yahnke will take your questions and explain the legal documents that encompass estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives, and why you may need them.  She will touch specifically on the considerations in planning including estate and income taxes, Medical Assistance planning, special needs planning, blended families, and charitable giving.  She will also walk through probate and non-probate assets and what the post-death administration process entails.

This workshop is offered free of charge by RBNC. We certainly hope that you’ll remember a charitable gift to River Bend in your estate plan but that is not a requirement for attending the workshop.