If you’re making an estate plan in Kansas, start here. Learn how to make a will, trust, and power of attorney (POA) that are valid in your state, or get more information about estate planning and funeral laws specific to Kansas.
Find out how to make a will to protect you and your family in Kansas.
What is a living trust? A trust is an arrangement under which one person, called a trustee, holds legal title to property for another person, called a beneficiary.
Kansas Restrictions on Who Can Serve as Executor
Learn the rules about who can be your personal representative in Kansas.
Intestate Succession in Kansas
If you die without a will in Kansas, your assets will go to your closest relatives under state intestate succession laws.
A durable POA allows someone to to help you with your financial matters if you ever become incapacitated—here's how to make one in Kansas.
Kansas offers some probate shortcuts for "small estates." These procedures make it easier for survivors to transfer property left by a person who has died.
Probate court proceedings (during which a deceased person's assets are transferred to the people who inherit them) can be long, costly, and confusing.
Kansas failed to pass a death with dignity law that would have allowed terminally ill patients to request life-ending medication.
Burial and Cremation Laws in Kansas
Everything you need to know about burial and cremation in Kansas.
Learn the rules that govern home funerals in Kansas.