Coronavirus and Senior Patient Health Care Directives
Officially deemed a “pandemic,” COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has caused a wave of anxiety to pass over the U.S. and the world. While mild cases of coronavirus seem to resemble a...
View ArticleCOVID 19 (Coronavirus), Your Family Needs a Plan, Part 4. Get a Health Care...
A Minnesota Estate Planning Attorney Explains Why You Must Get a Health Care Directive NOW!You can’t do everything to protect yourself or your family from the global pandemic created by coronavirus /...
View ArticleCOVID 19: Your Family Needs a Plan, Part 3
In the prior posts I’ve discussed steps you can take to help gain some control in this chaotic time of the global pandemic caused by coronavirus / COVID 19 stress. As a brief recap, make sure you, and...
View ArticleWhat Is Guardianship?
Under certain circumstances, a court may act and appoint a person who will be tasked with making personal decisions for a person found to be incapable of making these decisions on their own. The...
View ArticleCoronavirus/COVID 19: Your Family Needs a Plan, Part 3
In the prior posts I’ve discussed steps you can take to help gain some control in this chaotic time of coronavirus / COVID 19 stress. As a brief recap, make sure you, and your loved ones, have the...
View ArticleCoronavirus / COVID 19: Your Family Needs a Plan, Part 2
As the news about coronavirus / COVID 19 becomes increasingly scary and stressful, many of us are looking for ways to protect ourselves and our loved ones. We all need to feel we have some control as...
View ArticleCoronavirus / COVID 19: Your Family Needs a Plan, Part 1
A Minnesota Estate Planning Attorney Explains that Estate Planning is Always Important: Not Just During Global Scares Coronavirus /COVID 19 News is Everywhere You can’t open any news course, or social...
View ArticleHow Could the SECURE Act Impact Your Retirement?
The new year brought new laws. One major piece of legislation that went into effect on January 1st is the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act, also referred to as the SECURE Act. With people...
View ArticleWhat to Consider When Selecting a Guardian for Your Children?
Grappling with the thought that you might not be there to raise your children can be one of the most difficult and important things for you to process. The selection of a guardian for your children...
View ArticleWhat Is the SECURE Act?
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed a major piece of legislation called the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act (SECURE Act). The bipartisan bill became effective on January 1, 2020,...
View ArticleElder Care Mediation Series, Part 2: An Example
A Certified Elder Care Mediation Specialist Explains Why Mediation Can Help Families in Dealing with An Parent in Need of Elder Care Growing up siblings, Abby, Bonnie and Carolyn Olsen, were always...
View ArticleElder Care Mediation Series, Part 1: What Is It?
A Guardianship and Elder Care MediatorContested guardianship cases, like contested divorces, are often lose-lose encounters. Though someone will eventually emerge the “winner” by judicial decree, the...
View ArticleGUARDIANSHIP SERIES, PART I: WHAT IS A GUARDIANSHIP?
A Minnesota Guardianship Attorney Explains What It Means to be a Guardian.It’s that time of year when family is back together, maybe for the first time in months or years. In spending time with your...
View ArticleHow Long Does Probate Take in Minnesota?
Probate is the process in which a deceased person’s assets are gathered, debts are paid, and assets are distributed to beneficiaries. Basically, it is the court-overseen process of wrapping up a...
View ArticleImpact of Court Challenge of Minnesota Trust Taxation
Challenges to Minnesota’s trust taxation have weaved their way through the court system. Those who incurred tax liability on trusts fought the taxation and won. After appeals affirmed lower court...
View ArticleGrounds for Contesting a Will
A will is a legal instrument utilized to, among other things, establish the terms of distributing the assets of a decedent’s estate to his or her heirs. In some instances, an heir or beneficiary may be...
View ArticleMinnesota Trust Taxation
On June 28th, the Supreme Court denied review of a Minnesota case regarding the state’s taxation of trust income. The 2014 case was about Minnesota’s taxation of the income generated by four trusts....
View ArticleProbate and the Personal Representative, A Series: Part IV, Does the Personal...
A Minnesota Probate Attorney Verifies That Payments to Compensate a Personal Representative (Executor) Are TaxableYou agree to act as the Personal Representative of your sister's Estate. After a few...
View ArticleProbate and the Personal Representative, A Series: Part III, Does the...
Minnesota Probate Attorney Explains Compensation for a Personal Representative Your sister asks if you will act the personal representative for her estate if anything happens to her. She passes away...
View ArticleWhen Beneficiaries Are Not Ready for an Inheritance
Our families and loved ones come in the forms of various people with their own personal challenges and struggles. Some of these people are still learning and exploring what path their lives might take....
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