Every adult should have at least a basic estate plan. For LGBTQ Minnesotans, advance planning can be especially important to help avoid potential family conflicts and confusion, as well as to provide the means to achieve an easy resolution. For example, consider...
Estate Planning
When Should Aging Parents Sign a Financial Power of Attorney?
Maintaining independence is often important to aging adults, and your parents may be no different. They are probably used to doing things for themselves on their schedules and in the way that they like. However, you may have noticed a few changes. Maybe your mom has...
What Does it Mean to Breach Fiduciary Duty?
Assigning decision-making authority to someone in an estate plan is not a decision to make lightly. Someone who can make decisions on another person's behalf can affect everything from living arrangements to property ownership. One of the duties that someone in a...
Helping Elderly Parents Avoid Scams
When people think about their legacy, they are typically thinking about maximizing the gifts and inheritances they can leave for their family. Unfortunately, these plans are sometimes jeopardized, too often by scam artists who target the elderly. These scams can have...
Where Do I Start When Creating an Estate Plan?
Health scares are huge wake up calls for many people who had previously procrastinated when it came to their estate plan. Between the health and financial implications of a serious illness, people often realize that they have not done the requisite planning to express...