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When family members help themselves to propertyOne of the jobs of an executor or personal representative is to inventory the estate of the deceased. The trouble starts when assets or documents that should be present cannot be found. Are they misplaced? Safely tucked...
Last week's post on this blog discussed in general the various legal reasons that families or other interested parties may have for challenging a will. Legal reasons aside, there are also emotional reasons that family members engage in will contests, even when doing...
The death of a loved one brings a number of legal and financial challenges, some that are expected and others that can take you by surprise. Estate disputes often arise when surviving family members have different ideas about the intentions of the decedent. In a...
The family of a famous artist who succumbed to the effects of a stoke and cancer last year is now in the midst of a court battle in which they are challenging a will that they say does not truly reflect their mother's intentions. Because this artist is nationally...
A recent post on this blog discussed how a Minnesota resident's desire to leave money to a charity in his or her will or trust documents can backfire and lead to probate litigation. For example, sometimes the other heirs feel that the charity is granted too large of a...
Our Minnesota readers may remember that several weeks ago, this blog reported on a developing court battle involving a media mogul, who is over 90, and his former girlfriend. The former girlfriend, 40 years the man's junior, was acting as the businessman's health care...
As last week's post discussed, being a personal representative in Minnesota carries with it a lot of responsibility and exposes the personal representative to a lot of potential pitfalls. Many of the probate mistakes discussed last week are not uncommon, nor are they...
As this blog has stated before, personal representatives in Minnesota have the difficult job of managing a deceased person's estate, a process that can take considerable time and effort between learning about and gathering a person's assets.A Saint Paul, Minnesota,...
The last several posts on this blog have discussed possible legal issues that arise when a creditor attempts to assert a claim against a Minnesota estate. Depending on the size of the estate, a creditor's claim can have a huge impact on how much of an inheritance...
When men and women become concerned about how the people they love in life will be cared for and how the assets they have cultivated in life will be distributed after their death, they may execute a will. A will may be carefully drawn up in an attorney's office or...