Who Really Owns Your Home

  A Minnesota Estate Planning and Probate Lawyer Explains Why You Should Check the Deed to Your Home Common Scenario A client calls and explains that her husband recently passed away and she wants the help of a Minnesota Probate Lawyer because she isn’t sure what to do now. We set a time to meet…

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Expenses of the Estate, Part III: D0 I Get Paid To Act As Personal Representative (Executor)?

Minnesota Probate Attorney Explains Compensation for a Personal Representative  You are nominated as a personal representative to handle someone’s estate. Can you get paid for handling these matters? In a word, yes. Your fee is dictated by Minnesota probate law. Unfortunately, Minnesota law doesn’t provide much guidance as the probate law simply says, “[a] personal…

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What To Do After Death, Part I

Minneapolis Probate Lawyer: What is Probate? I often explain to people that I am a “probate lawyer” only to be met with a blank stare.  Occasionally, the statement “I don’t know what that means” will accompany the blank stare. So, I decided to draft a series of posts under the “Probate” heading that will offer…

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