The power of attorney is a legal document by which one person (called the creator, grantor, or principal) appoints another person (called the attorney-in-fact) to make personal and/or financial decisions and perform certain acts on behalf of the principal.

This publication will present an overview of the rights of spouses in property upon divorce.

This publication strives to give some basic information on probate and the probate process. The authors hope that the knowledge contained in this publication will take some of the fear and uncertainty out of the probate process.

This publication addresses the issues of whether a surviving spouse or child has a right to more than was left to them under the will and, if so, what rights these persons hold.

This publication gives a general overview of the use of trusts in estate planning.

A conservation easement is a legal agreement that a landowner makes to limit the type and amount of development on his/her property. This publication will also discuss how the donation of a conservation easement can be a valuable estate-planning tool.

A survey by the Center for Public Leadership suggests that despite some Americans’ belief that “our leaders are effective and do a good job,” 69 percent of Americans believe there is a leadership crisis (Rosenthal 2012, p. 1). Extension is well-positioned to address this need for leader development due to our role in developing and delivering leadership programs that serve youth, college-aged students, and adults. Even still, practitioners are desperately trying to respond to this crisis with deliberate and appropriately planned leadership development programming (Murphy and Johnson 2011).