KYLE E. KRULL, P.A.
5209 W. 164th Street
Overland Park, KS  66085

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Overland Park Estate Planning
Attorney Kyle E. Krull

In the Media

Young, Single & In Need of an Estate Plan

by Jay MacDonald • Bankrate.com

Remember that hilarious episode of "Friends" where Ross convinces Rachel, Phoebe and the others to sit down and write their wills and designate durable power of attorney to each other in the event something should happen to them? Of course you don't; it never happened. Come on, who would believe that?
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College-Area Properties Get Good Grades

by Jay MacDonald • Bankrate.com

Checklist as your teenager heads off to college: Don't forget to: a) pay the tuition; b) have the safe-sex talk; c) have the drinking-and-driving talk; and d) buy your student a house or condo. Pardon the whiplash on that last one, but the fact is, many parents who are financially able to do so are choosing to invest in real estate close to campus for their college-bound offspring. In many cases, it's preferable to shelling out dormitory fees or apartment rent.
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Blended Families Face Estate Planning Complications

by Jay MacDonald • Bankrate.com

How would you like your ex-spouse to inherit your house, your bank accounts and your retirement benefits despite the fact you willed them to your children? What if your father's estate wound up in the hands of your stepbrother even though dad promised the farm to you? Such heartbreaking inheritance snafus happen with some regularity to blended families, in which husband, wife or both bring together assets and children from a previous marriage.
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Other Publications

  • Plan for Life • Navy Federal • Summer 2008

    Safeguard assets -- and your loved ones -- through proactive planning and receive an added benefit: peace of mind.

  • Yours, Mine & Ours The Second Time Out • Kiplinger's Retirement Report • February 2008

    A prenuptial agreement and other measures can protect your new spouse and your children.

  • Home is Where the Heartache Is • The Kansas City Star • October 2007

    No one is ready for Mom or Dad to die. And somewhere beyond the unimaginable loss felt at such a time lies what many observers believe is an even trickier emotional and procedural quagmire for survivors -- cleaning out and selling their parents' home.

  • Legacy Funds are the Gift that Keeps on Giving • The Kansas City Star • October 2007

    When Dick Bond began planning for his estate, one of his chief goals was to leave a legacy of philanthropy for his future generations.

  • Living Together, But Not Married? • Kiplinger's Retirement Report • August 2007

    Discuss your finances and medical affairs, then put the details in writing.

  • In You They Trust • Kiplinger's Personal Finance • March 2007

    Being named as trustee by a friend or family member is an honor -- but it may be one you could do without. The likelihood that you'll be asked to serve as a trustee is growing exponentially as trusts become ever more popular.

  • Classic Mistakes Can Wreck an Estate Plan • Kiplinger's Retirement Report • October 2006

    By avoiding costly mistakes in your estate plan, you can leave behind the legacy you intended.

  • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Death Tax • Inc. Magazine • August 2004

    Roger Peugeot jokes that a fitting way for him to die would be while hugging the toilet in his basement during a tornado -- preferably in 2010. Peugeot, better known in Overland Park, KS as "Roger the Plumber," owns the company that his father, Arley, founded in 1950.

  • What Duct Tape Can't Do • Kiplinger's Personal Finance • May 2003

    Earlier this year when the nation was at Threat Condition Orange, and bottled water and duct tape were flying off the store shelves -- Kyle Krull responded by volunteering to help newly called-up Army Reservists put their affairs in order. The lawyer and financial planner in Overland Park, Kan., spent a weekend drawing up wills and durable powers of attorney so that family members left behind could handle everything from filing income tax returns to selling a car or refinancing a house while their loved ones were overseas.