A Minneapolis Estate Planning Lawyer Explains What To Look For When Reviewing Your Estate Plan. The first post in this series discussed the life events that may necessitate revising your estate plan. In this post, I explain what to look for within each specific document to ensure the plan still meets your needs. 1. Review…
Read MoreA Minnesota Estate Planning and Probate Lawyer Explains a Few of the Reasons Why a Will is So Important Is a will really necessary? It depends. A will is important as the only valid way to handle certain matters after death. 1. It is the only way, under current Minnesota Probate Law, to name a…
Read MoreA Minneapolis Estate Planning Lawyer Explains Why You Should Act as Personal Representative Instead of Allowing Someone Else to Do It I have been fielding a lot of calls (multiple a week) from people who had the right to act as the executor (personal representative) for the estate after the death of a loved one….
Read MoreMinneapolis Estate Planning Lawyer Continues Her Explanation on Why You Should Resolve to Get Your Estate Plan Done in 2016 The first post in this series discussed the life events that may necessitate revising your estate plan. In this post, I explain what to look for within each document to ensure the plan still meets…
Read MoreA Minneapolis Estate Planning Attorney Explains the Pros of Adding Your Spouse to the Deed to Your House Many people erroneously assume that when one spouse dies, the other spouse receives all of the remaining assets; this is often not true and frequently results in unintentional disinheritance of the surviving spouse. In cases where a…
Read MoreA Minneapolis Probate Attorney Explains the Fees Associated with Handling a Probate In Part I of this series, I explained who is responsible for paying the fees to start a probate. This post discusses the different types of fees involved. • Court Fees These fees are dictated by Minnesota probate law and cover the court filing…
Read MoreMinnesota Probate Lawyer Explains Who Is Responsible for Paying Probate Fees Recently, a client came to me to assist her with handling her mother’s estate. Her mother was sick for many years and had taken the time to plan as orderly a transition as possible after her death. She had a will drafted by an…
Read MoreA Minnesota Estate Planning and Probate Attorney Lists 20 Red Flags That Signal When Your Will or Living Trust is Out of Date I offer clients the opportunity to sit down with me and review their estate plans at least once each year. However, this doesn’t mean you should wait until your next review if…
Read MoreMinnesota Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Frequent Issues/Concerns that Arise When Handling Someone’s Estate Problem #1: Probate. Probate is the Court-supervised process of passing title and ownership of a deceased person’s property to his or her heirs. The process consists of assembling assets, giving notice to creditors, paying bills and taxes, and passing title to property…
Read MoreMisconception #1: A Will avoids probate. No. A Will is the primary tool of the probate system. Your Will is like a letter to the Court telling the Court how you want your property distributed. Then you must make sure that you prove to the Court that all your property is collected and appraised, and…
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