Like many Minnesota residents, you probably know that you need a will. Otherwise, the state gets to decide where your assets go after you pass away. However, a will is not the only estate-planning document you can use to provide… Read more »
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You’ve been appointed as executor. What does that mean?
You might feel like other Minnesota residents whose loved ones want them to serve as executors of their estates. You appreciate the trust and honor, but don’t know what duties the law and the court require you to perform when… Read more »
3 signs of nursing home neglect
One of the most emotional decisions you will make in your lifetime is placing your elderly parent in a nursing home. Choosing a nursing home that fits your parent’s needs can be an overwhelming decision. Will he or she be… Read more »
Dementia Rates Declining, Study Shows
As we have learned more about dementia over the last few decades, most of the news has not been good. We have heard that dementia is playing a larger role in our elders’ lives, mostly because they are living longer… Read more »
Elder Law: Alcohol Addiction Patient Chooses Assisted Suicide
The “right to die” is an increasingly common trope in elder law around the world. In the Netherlands, assisted suicide is legal for people experiencing “unbearable suffering” and with no chance of improvement. Most of those to take advantage of… Read more »
Appropriate legal protections for vulnerable adults
Minnesota families caring for an elderly and vulnerable adult would be wise to take the appropriate legal steps to ensure that their loved one is cared for and protected. Older individuals may face a myriad of complex legal concerns, but… Read more »
How To Discuss Estate Planning With Your Parents
One of the most difficult things to discuss with loved ones is the eventuality that each of them will someday die. The inherent reference to mortality in a conversation about estate planning has many adult children uncomfortable discussing this important… Read more »
Using estate planning to pass on your house
These days, you may transfer many of your larger assets to loved ones upon your death without them even going through probate. Beneficiary designations, transfer-on-death accounts and pay-on-death accounts allow you to pass on retirement accounts, investment accounts and deposit… Read more »
Afraid an elderly loved one is being abused? Look for these signs
Sometimes the choices you make on behalf of an elderly loved one work out, and sometimes they go horribly wrong. You more than likely spent a considerable amount of time locating a nursing home or assisted living center that you… Read more »