Articles
Never the Oppressed Minority in Iowa
David M. Repp, Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, IA The Iowa Supreme Court has championed the cause of minorities on more...
Rowan Atkinson Would Condemn this Mr. Bean
STATE OF IOWA V. RODNEY LEE BEAN AFFIRMS NEED FOR OVERSIGHT OF A REPRESENTATIVE UNDER POWER OF ATTORNEY SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 Margaret Van Houten,...
Will your children be too wealthy?
A couple I know used to spend their time on long car trips imagining they won the lottery. They would seriously discuss the right amount of money...
The IRS Might Be Your Next Farm Tenant
Everyone knows that farmland prices are at historic highs. The average per-acre price forIowafarmland is $8300. That average is figured on both...
Old MacDonald Had a Farm, His Children Had a Fight
WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO WILL, THERE MAY BE CHAOS JANUARY 7, 2014 Nothing gives rise to a family fight as quickly as a...
The 3.8% Medicare Tax: Applicability to Trusts and Estates.
Breanna Young, Nelson Young & Braland Introduction The Medicare tax on net investment income is imposed under section 1411 of the...
The Importance of Wills
WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO WILL, THERE MAY BE CHAOSWhen you go see a layer to prepare your Will, he or she will ask a...