Polly Dobbs

Indiana attorney Polly Dobbs specializes in estate, wealth transfer and business succession planning. Her passion lies with helping family farms and closely-held businesses achieve a smooth transition. As part of a seven-generation farm family, she understands the unique issues facing farmers. Dobbs helps clients create holistic succession plans that promote family harmony and address their specific goals, while treating family members fairly, not necessarily equally. She is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association.

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It’s not impossible for young farmers to get started in agriculture if they really want it but expect it to take hard work, investing time and care in neighbors and having a few uncomfortable conversations.
“Any money saved by not paying a lawyer to draft a will and succession plan, will be outweighed by the expenses associated with a family feud.”
Estate planning is important for all families and business owners, but it is crucial for farm families.
Estate planning laws aren’t different for farmers versus others; however, there are variances, such as vocabulary, emotional ties to land, operation versus land, own versus rent, personal financial statement and deeds.
Estate planning laws aren’t different for farmers versus others; however, there are variances, such as vocabulary, emotional ties to land, operation versus land, own versus rent, personal financial statement and deeds.
If you want your farm to successfully transition from one generation to the next, you must do better than a vanilla will that says you want to leave everything equally to your children. Don’t assume your children will figure it out when you’re gone. They likely won’t.