GUARDIANSHIP 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleCoronavirus 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...
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