ESTATE PLANNING
IN INDIANA
A plan is not a pile of documents.
It is a set of decisions.
Most people come to estate planning after something shifts. A parent gets sick. A child is born. A spouse passes. They realize, sometimes too late, that nobody had anything in place.
Estate planning is about what happens while you are still alive but cannot speak for yourself, and about making sure the people you love do not have to guess.
The documents are straightforward. Knowing which ones you need, and why, is where most families get stuck. That is what this section covers.
LAST WILL & TRUST
A Will tells Indiana courts what you want. A Trust lets you skip that conversation almost entirely. This guide explains what each one does, when a Trust actually helps, and the one mistake that makes both documents useless.
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
A Power of Attorney gives someone the legal authority to act for you when you cannot act for yourself. Indiana has specific requirements for what makes one valid and durable. A document that does not meet those requirements is not worth the paper it is printed on.
Young Families
When you have young children, estate planning is not about end-of-life. It is about right now. Who steps in to raise your kids if you cannot? Who handles your finances? A plan answers those questions on your terms, not Indiana’s defaults.
CHARITABLE PLANNING
You already give every year. Or you want the giving to continue after you are gone. This section covers how charitable planning fits into an Indiana estate plan, and why the asset you choose matters more than the amount.
Read: Strategic Giving During Your Lifetime: Four Ways to Give More Without Spending More
Special Need Planning
Parents of a child with special needs
need special plans for their child.
There is so much information, so many points of contact, and a seeming overwhelming lack of clarity for parents raising a child with special needs.
Planning for You, Your Family,
and Your Business
If you’re 18, 108, or any age in between, you need life planning. It’s not just about Estate Planning, Elder Law, or Probate – it’s a plan for your life! CCSK Law is here to support you with these essential decisions.
Most people don’t know where to start. That’s fine. Whatever brought you here, there’s probably something in here that helps. Plain answers to questions people don’t know how to ask.
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Who you’ll meet
RG Skadberg
RG founded CCSK Law with a simple idea: legal planning shouldn’t feel like a foreign language. Law is his sixth career; he went to law school at 47 after watching people get lost when life and the legal system collided. That’s shaped how he practices: explain the reasoning, lay out the options in plain English, and let clients pick the path that fits their lives.
RG focuses on Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Medicaid and Elder Law, Probate, and planning small business owners. He’s lived in Valparaiso for 27 years with his wife Ann and their two daughters, and outside the office he’s usually building something, whether that’s a new resource for clients or his golf game.
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