Estate planning puts important legal protections in place to secure a future you want for yourself and your family. A will is one of the most widely known types of estate planning documents. When it is properly utilized and drafted, a will can accomplish a variety of things beyond simply distributing your assets to your…
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What Are DNR and POLST Forms?
Health care directives such as a living will and a health care power of attorney are critical elements of a complete estate plan. They empower a person to memorialize extremely important health care choices while they are still healthy and of sound mind. Should you ever become incapacitated and unable to communicate your health care…
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What Should You Include in a Living Will?
Living wills and other advance health care directives provide instructions regarding your medical treatment preference should you be incapacitated and unable to communicate your wishes for yourself. These critical legal documents are not just for the elderly. They are not just for the infirm. They are for everyone because life happens. The unexpected happens. Accidents…
Continue reading…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 bad cold, the flu, or some other type of respiratory illness that tends to circulate around this time of year,…
Continue reading…COVID 19 (Coronavirus), Your Family Needs a Plan, Part 4. Get a Health Care Directive
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 / COVID 19. But, there are some steps you can take to offer some guidance and assistance to others. Get a health care…
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Health Care Directive Power of Attorney Trust Check Beneficiaries Update any prior planning Guardians for minor children
Continue reading…What 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 appointed person is referred to as a “guardian.” The position they have taken on is referred to as a “guardianship.” What…
Continue reading…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 the global pandemic caused by coronavirus / COVID 19 stress. As a brief recap, make sure you, and your loved ones, have the following: A properly executed Minnesota Health Care Directive A signed financial Power…
Continue reading…Coronavirus / COVID 19: Your Family Needs a Plan, Part 2
As the news about the pandemic caused by the novel 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 things get more chaotic and uncontrollable. So, take control of the things…
Continue reading…Coronavirus / 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 media platform, without being inundated with news, rumors, pictures or stories about coronavirus. In fact, I’ve had several clients reach out to me to…
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