Iowa Estate Plan

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Way back in 2009, or whenever I started this blog, I posted about probate topics as well as estate planning.  (I’m not sure I expected to be blogging still in 2020.  My dream of retiring at age 44 and retiring to a caribbean island just didn’t materialize.)  Then one day I looked at the site

The recent passage of the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement” Act(SECURE Act) in December 2019 created some significant changes to retirement accounts.  One big change of SECURE resulted in changes to allowing what is commonly referred to as “stretch” IRA’s. Previously, beneficiaries such as children and grandchildren, were able to have