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Having a family conversation about the future of your land can be difficult and emotional, but it will help everyone be on the same page about what you desire.

Articulating Your Goals (15MB)

Chapter 2 of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Your Land, Your Legacy estate planning gives tips on how to figure out what you want to happen with your land. It also gives advice on how to hold a family meeting. Go to page 6 of this document to check it out.

Brown Family Case Study

This case study of the Brown family discusses how a group of 29 people used family meetings to decide the direction for the family land.

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