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...
The last several posts on this blog have discussed probate litigation issues that can 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...
As last week's post on this blog discussed, sometimes time-consuming and costly probate litigation is not caused by internal strife among Minnesota families. Instead, the legal disputes involve an aggressive creditor who claims that the person who died owed the...
Although this blog has discussed probate disputes between family members extensively, Saint Paul residents also need to realize that sometimes, probate litigation can emerge from outside of the family itself. For example, third party creditors can allege that the...
It is now the season of family gatherings, holiday parties, and spending time with loved ones. In fact, readers of this Minnesota probate and estate administration law blog may be in the process of traveling to or from get-togethers with their friends and relatives....
In last week's post, we discussed how it is possible for Minnesota trust disputes to arise over an inheritance when property gets inadvertently left out of a trust at the time of a person's death. This is not as difficult to do as one might seem, as an improper or...
Many Minnesotans may have heard of living trusts, and a few Saint Paul residents may even have one or plan to use one as a tool for passing their property on to their loved ones after they die. Although whether this estate planning tool is the right one for a given...
Minnesota residents often work hard during their lifetimes in order to save for their retirements and to hopefully have enough left over when they pass away to give something to their heirs. Depending upon the amount of wealth that decedents have in their estate,...
A titan in the media industry that might be known to Minnesotans as a primary stakeholder in television network CBS is now, at least according to a lawsuit filed by his longtime companion, incapable of making medical decisions or himself, or, for that matter,...