News Release
February  20, 2008

UW offers ag estate planning program March 4 in Cokeville

Estate planning can never start too early.

To help begin the process, an informative program is being offered Tuesday, March 4, in Cokeville as part of the Master Cattleman program.

"Passing It On: Beginning the Farm Transfer and Estate Planning in Wyoming" is 2-4 p.m.  at the Cokeville Town Hall.

The workshop focus is helping people get started with the estate transfer process and develop and implement a plan with appropriate tools.

The program is open to the public. Participants are not required to be part of the Master Cattleman program.

"This program introduces agriculturalists to the process of transferring a farm estate," said Cole Ehmke, a personal financial management specialist with the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service (UW CES). "Many Wyoming producers haven't started a conversation with family members about their estate and don't have even a basic will.”

Passing it On, a book and worksheets to help in the estate planning process, is available at the meeting for $10.

“This information is important when meeting with other estate-planning professionals such as attorneys, tax advisers and financial planners," Ehmke said.

For more information, contact UW CES Educator Hudson Hill at (307) 885-3132

 or hrhill@uwyo.edu.

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