Margaret Dukelow Van Houten is a lawyer practicing business organizations and transactions, estate planning, probate and 6 other areas of law. Margaret received a degree from Iowa State University in 1974, and has been licensed for 47 years. Margaret practices at Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. in Des Moines, IA.
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Margaret donates her time to causes in the Des Moines community including the Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Board (member of the board 2013-present), Plymouth Church Foundation (member of the board 2009-present), and has been active with the West Des Moines Public Library Friends Foundation, the West Des Moines Parks Foundation, and the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center Foundation. Member: Memberships •American Bar Association Community Margaret donates her time to causes in the Des Moines community including the Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Board (member of the board 2013-present), Plymouth Church Foundation (member of the board 2009-present), and has been active with the West Des Moines Public Library Friends Foundation, the West Des Moines Parks Foundation, and the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center Foundation. Member: Memberships •American Bar Association Community Margaret donates her time to causes in the Des Moines community including the Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Board (member of the board 2013-present), Plymouth Church Foundation (member of the board 2009-present), and has been active with the West Des Moines Public Library Friends Foundation, the West Des Moines Parks Foundation, and the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center Foundation. Member: Memberships •American Bar Association Community Margaret donates her time to causes in the Des Moines community including the Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Board (member of the board 2013-present), Plymouth Church Foundation (member of the board 2009-present), and has been active with the West Des Moines Public Library Friends Foundation, the West Des Moines Parks Foundation, and the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center Foundation. Member: Memberships •American Bar Association Community Margaret donates her time to causes in the Des Moines community including the Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Board (member of the board 2013-present), Plymouth Church Foundation (member of the board 2009-present), and has been active with the West Des Moines Public Library Friends Foundation, the West Des Moines Parks Foundation, and the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center Foundation. Member: Memberships •American Bar Association Community Margaret was chair of the ISBA Probate and Trust Law Section's Power of Attorney Act Drafting Committee, which resulted in the 2014 passage of the Iowa Uniform Power of Attorney Act. Margaret has done a significant amount of speaking and writing about the Act since its passage. She has been a featured guest at the Nebraska Planned Giving Professionals, the Iowa Trust Association, the University of Iowa College of Law and at multiple meetings of the Iowa State Bar Association. Memberships Articles
•Iowa State Bar Association
•Polk County Bar Association Fellow: Iowa State Bar Foundation
•Iowa Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1990-1999 (chair, 1997-1998)
•Iowa Supreme Court Probate Rules Committee Chair (2006-2008)
•Iowa State Bar Association
•Polk County Bar Association Fellow: Iowa State Bar Foundation
•Iowa Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1990-1999 (chair, 1997-1998)
•Iowa Supreme Court Probate Rules Committee Chair (2006-2008)
•Iowa State Bar Association
•Polk County Bar Association Fellow: Iowa State Bar Foundation
•Iowa Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1990-1999 (chair, 1997-1998)
•Iowa Supreme Court Probate Rules Committee Chair (2006-2008)
•Iowa State Bar Association
•Polk County Bar Association Fellow: Iowa State Bar Foundation
•Iowa Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1990-1999 (chair, 1997-1998)
•Iowa Supreme Court Probate Rules Committee Chair (2006-2008)
•Iowa State Bar Association
•Polk County Bar Association Fellow: Iowa State Bar Foundation
• Iowa Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1990-1999 (chair, 1997-1998)
• Iowa Supreme Court Probate Rules Committee Chair (2006-2008)
• American Bar Association
• Iowa State Bar Association
• Polk County Bar Association
• Tax Law Blog: Legislature Passes Bill Affecting Iowa Trusts and Estates
• Davis Brown Premier Sponsor of Leadership Education and Advancement Pipeline (LEAP)
• Tax Law Blog: Tip from the fall meeting of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
• Anti Money Laundering Initiatives and Lawyers: What We Need to Know
• Tax Law Blog: Digital Assets Development: IRS Characterizes Bitcoin as Property, Not Currency
• Margaret Van Houten Presents on Digital Assets for ALI CLE
• Tax Law Blog: Do My Estate Planning Documents Need to Have Special Language to Deal with My Digital Assets?
• Tax Law Blog: How to Maintain Records for your Digital Assets
• Tax Law Blog: Do your Digital Assets have Value? Are they Important?
• Tax Law Blog: What our Estate Planning Clients Need To Know - What are Digital Assets?
• Margaret Van Houten to Present at Chrysalis Dollars and Sense Event
• Tax Law Blog: State of Iowa v. Rodney Lee Bean Affirms Need for Oversight of a Representative Under Power of Attorney
• 33 Davis Brown attorneys named "Best Lawyers in America"
• Margaret Van Houten to Present at ALI CLE Program on Private Wealth Planning
• Margaret Van Houten Featured in dsm Magazine
• Tax Law Blog: Tax Implications of DOMA Ruling
• Tax Law Blog: Iowa Trust Industry Breathes a Sigh of Relief after the Supreme Court's Reversal in Trimble
• Tax Law Blog: Estate and Gift Law Tax Aspects of Fiscal Cliff Legislation
• Davis Brown to Host Annual Fiduciary Litigation Seminar
• Tax Law Blog: ACTEC Wealth Advisor: A New App For Your iPad
• 32 Davis Brown Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2013
• Farmer's Markets May Not Be Tax Exempt Organizations
• Saving to Make your Tax Payments
• Identity Theft and the IRS
• Dynasty Trusts - A Trust that Lasts Forever
• Margaret Van Houten Elected to American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation Board of Directors
• Good Work at the University of Iowa
• Estate Planning for the Business Owner - Part Two
• Estate Planning for the Business Owner - Part One
• Protecting Your Estate
• Margaret Van Houten Named "Iowa Best Lawyers Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year 2010"
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