Does Your Case Require Probate Court? In Minnesota, if the estate is one that involves real estate or if the assets are more than $50,000, then in most cases there must be a probate proceeding. This is true whether or not there is a Will. Minnesota Probate Is...
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Minnesota Probate Video 4-What Happens When We Go To Probate Court?
Does Your Case Require Probate Court? In Minnesota, if the estate is one that involves real estate or if the assets are more than $50,000, then in most cases there must be a probate proceeding. This is true whether or not there is a Will. Minnesota Probate Is Begun By...
What Happens To Mom’s or Dad’s Body?
Mom Has Passed Away Mom just died in Minnesota and the children are fighting over whether she should be cremated, where the funeral should be and where she should be buried. This can be a very difficult time for the family, and unfortunately, can be a very common...
Minnesota Probate Video 5-What Does It Take To Settle An Estate?
The Clock Starts Running In Minnesota, the clock starts running on handling the estate as soon as the personal representative or executor is appointed by the probate court. The executor receives the "Letters Testamentary" from the court if there is a will. If there is...
Minnesota Probate Video 5-What Does It Take To Settle An Estate?
The Clock Starts Running In Minnesota, the clock starts running on handling the estate as soon as the personal representative or executor is appointed by the probate court. The executor receives the "Letters Testamentary" from the court if there is a will. If there is...
New Year’s Resolution: Make or Revise Your Will
One And Done: Updating Your Will Is Easy! The tough thing about most New Year's Resolutions is that they require daily exercise, financial management, dessert denial, or other great effort. On the other hand, the great thing about the Resolution to make a Will is that...
Inheritance Rights – They All Started With The Magna Carta
Old Fashioned Procedures In Modern Minnesota Probate Often my Minnesota clients ask why some of the procedures in probate and inheritance matters seem complicated and sometimes old fashioned. The truth of the matter is that many of these procedures follow English...
Inheritance Rights – They All Started With The Magna Carta
Inheritance Rights - They All Started With The Magna Carta Old Fashioned Procedures In Modern Minnesota Probate Often my Minnesota clients ask why some of the procedures in probate and inheritance matters seem complicated and sometimes old fashioned. The truth of the...
What Is HIPAA?
What If This Happened To You? You are in a car accident and you are knocked unconscious. You are taken to the hospital emergency room in Minnesota. Shortly after that, your daughter arrives and asks about your condition and what are your prospects. The nurse looks in...
Lessons from Celebrity Mistakes: Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney, Millionaire Entertainer Who Died Poor Hello, I'm Bill Peterson Minnesota Estate Planning Attorney Mickey Rooney earned millions as the highest paid entertainer in the 1930's and 1940's. But he died virtually broke on April 6, 2014 His career spanned...