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- Can I Give Gifts to Avoid the Estate Tax?
- What Qualities Should I Look for in an Executor?
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- Why Young People Think They Don’t Need Estate Plans, and Why They Are Wrong
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- Do I Need Anything in Addition to My Last Will?
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- What Questions Should I Ask an Estate Planning Attorney?
- When Is an Estate Tax Return Due?
- Voice of the Woman: Ray’s Story
- Estate Tax Exclusion Will Go Up in 2015
- What Is an Executor?
- What Is a Letter of Final Instruction?
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- Should I Create a Joint Tenancy With My Child?
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- Are Revocable Living Trusts Only for the Wealthy?
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- Can I Create My Own Estate Planning Documents?
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- 3 Big Mistakes in Special Needs Planning
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- As You and Your Pets Get Older
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- Myths and Misconceptions About Your Will
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- The Benefits of Creating a Power of Attorney: Part 3 of 3
- The Benefits of Creating a Power of Attorney: Part 2 of 3
- The Benefits of Creating a Power of Attorney: Part 1 of 3
- How to Create a Will in Minnesota: Part 3 of 3
- How to Create a Will in Minnesota: Part 2 of 3
- How to Create a Will in Minnesota: Part 1 of 3
- How to Change Your Will in North Dakota: Part 3 of 3
- How to Change Your Will in North Dakota: Part 2 of 3
- Proper Estate Planning Means Understanding the North Dakota Century Code
- Nuncupative Wills are Invalid in North Dakota
- How to Change Your Will in North Dakota: Part 1 of 3
- Why the North Dakota Legislature Doesn’t Recognize Oral Wills
- North Dakota Power of Attorney: Part III of III
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- Duties of a Personal Representative or Executor in North Dakota: Part 3 of 3
- Duties of a Personal Representative or Executor in North Dakota: Part 2 of 3
- Duties of a Personal Representative or Executor in North Dakota: Part 1 of 3
- North Dakota Power of Attorney: Part I of III
- What Is The Future Of The Estate Tax?
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- Educational & Medical Gifts For Estate Tax Efficiency
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- Understanding Probate
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- 11 Things You Might Not Know About Estate Planning
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- Should I Create My Own Estate Plan?
- Answers to Your Revocable Living Trust Questions (part 2 of 2)
- Questions to Ask Yourself When Doing Your Estate Planning
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- As I Grow Older, How Does My Estate Plan Change? (Part Two of Three)
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- Estate Planning: When You Have Kids
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- Do I Need a Letter of Instruction?
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- Preparing for Your Estate Planning Consultation
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- Why Estate Planning Is Crucial for Farmers and Ranchers
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- Use Trust Protectors for Added Protection and Flexibility
- Income Tax Basis
- Income Tax Basis in Estate Planning
- How Will You Obtain the Care You Need?
- Domestic Asset Protection Trusts
- SALT Deduction Limit…Can You Get Around It?
- Tax Tips after New Year
- The Little Things Are Important: Your Tangible Personal Property
- Category: Estate Tax
- Gift and Estate Taxes
- Does North Dakota Impose Estate Taxes on an Estate?
- How Can I Avoid Estate Taxes?
- Gift and Estate Tax Made Simple
- Estate Tax Exclusion Will Rise Slightly in 2016
- Does a Revocable Living Trust Provide Estate Tax Efficiency?
- What Is the Generation-skipping Transfer Tax?
- Do I Retain Control of Assets in a Revocable Living Trust?
- Free Report: What is the North Dakota Estate Marital Tax Deduction
- What is the Minnesota Unlimited Marital Estate Tax Deduction?
- Category: Federal Estate Tax Planning
- Understanding How Estate Taxes Impact Married Couples
- Understanding Federal Gift and Estate Taxes
- Why You Need to Plan for the Impact of Taxes in Your Estate Plan
- Federal Gift and Estate Taxes: Is Your Estate at Risk?
- How Much Can You Transfer Free of the Estate Tax?
- How Much Can You Transfer Free of the Estate Tax?
- Category: Funeral Planning in Minnesota
- Category: General
- How a Trust Can Protect Your Minor Children
- How Can I Be a Caregiver from a Distance?
- What Is a Living Will and Should I Have One?
- Tips for Preventing Estate Disputes Among Siblings
- Should I Retire Early?
- Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
- 5 Steps for Finding the Right Long-Term Care Facility
- Leaving Behind Your Legacy
- What You Need to Know about Dementia and Alzheimer’s
- Can I Turn Down the Job of Executor?
- Elder Law Questions and Answers
- Estate Planning for Parents of Young Children
- Estate Planning for Young Adults
- How Can a Financial Planning Lawyer Help Me?
- What Is a Family Limited Partnership?
- Which Type of IRA is Right for You?
- Life Saving Benefit of a DocuBank Emergency Card
- Electronic Health Care Records
- Organizing a Family Business?
- Should I Incorporate?
- Surprising Signs of Alzheimer’s
- Limited Liability Company vs. Corporation
- Celebrate National Safety Month by Checking on an Elderly Neighbor
- What Should I Include in My Estate Plan?
- Is Long-Term Care Covered by Medicare
- Revocable Trusts: Consider the Benefits
- Why Would Someone Use a Trust Instead of a Will?
- Are There Exceptions to the 60 Month Medicaid Look-Back Rule?
- Leaving a Legacy: Your Legacy Letter
- What Is a Charitable Remainder Trust?
- Voice of the Woman: Strong vs. Strength
- Voice of the Woman: Changes at German Law
- Estate Planning, Probate, and the Right of Survivorship
- Hello world!
- Category: Gift Tax
- Category: Gifting
- Category: Guardianship in Minnesota
- Category: Incapacity Planning
- Who Decides If Someone Is Incapacitated?
- How Is Incapacity Defined?
- The Need for Incapacity Planning
- Incapacity Planning: Is It Part of Your Estate Plan
- What Is Involved in Incapacity Planning?
- Disability Planning: Do You Have an Incapacity Plan?
- Understand Power of Attorney Limitations
- How Long Does a Power of Attorney Remain in Effect?
- Free Report: How Do I Prepare for Incapacity
- Are Your Advance Directives in Place?
- What Are Advance Directives for Health Care?
- Do You Surrender Control If You Execute a Power of Attorney?
- When Would a Guardianship Be Necessary?
- How Does a Power of Attorney End or Terminate?
- Raymond: Katherine’s Story
- What Are the Limitations of a Power of Attorney?
- Is Incapacity Planning Really Important?
- What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of a Guardianship?
- Should I Have a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care?
- Why Do I Need a Power of Attorney?
- What Is the Difference Between a General and a Limited Power of Attorney?
- What Is the Difference Between a Guardianship and a Power of Attorney?
- Who Can Act as an Agent Under a Power of Attorney?
- What Is a Guardianship?
- When Does a Power of Attorney Become Effective?
- Take Time When Choosing an Agent
- Incapacity Planning in Minnesota: Essential Tools
- Free Report: Incapacity Planning in North Dakota
- 3 Ways Your Incapacity Plan Will Help Your Family
- 3 Tips for Incapacity Planning
- Alzheimer’s and Incapacity Planning in North Dakota [Infographic]
- Brain Death, Comas, and Incapacity Planning
- Pregnant Woman Ordered Off of Life Support
- Power of Attorney Myths
- Do I Need a Power of Attorney? 4 Key Questions to Ask Yourself
- The End of Incapacity Planning in Grand Forks ND
- Category: Inheritance Tax
- Category: Insurance
- Category: Legacy Planning
- Category: Legal Education
- Category: Living Will
- Category: Long-Term Care in North Dakota
- When Should I Start Medicaid Planning?
- Do I Qualify for Medicaid As a Senior?
- 5 Steps in Long-Term Care Planning
- What Is the Medicaid Community Spouse Resource Allowance?
- Steps to Take after an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
- How Do I Talk to My Parents about the Need for Nursing Home Care?
- Is Long-Term Care Insurance Worth the Cost?
- Will I Lose My House If I Need Medicaid?
- Can Medicaid Take My 401(k)?
- Is Nursing Home Care the Only Option?
- Top 10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Nursing Home
- Are You Prepared for Nursing Home Costs?
- Qualifying for North Dakota Medicaid as a Senior
- Long-Term Care Insurance & Medicaid Planning
- Is Long-Term Care Covered by Medicare
- Category: Medicaid Planning in Minnesota
- What Assets Are Exempt for Medicaid Eligibility for Seniors in North Dakota?
- Is Life Insurance an Asset When Applying for Medicaid as a Senior?
- Can I Pick My Caregiver If I Am Covered by Medicaid?
- Medicaid Spend-Down Explained
- Top 5 Medicaid Myths
- Top 5 Medicaid Planning Tips
- Understanding the Medicaid Look-Back Rule
- Can’t I Just Transfer My Assets to My Adult Child to Qualify for Medicaid?
- Will Medicaid Pay for Me to Care for My Father?
- Last Minute Medicaid Planning Strategies
- How Will Recent Medicaid and Medicare Changes Affect You?
- Grand Forks Medicaid Lawyers Compare Medicaid and Medicare
- Life Estates
- The Need for Medicaid Planning
- Medicaid Planning Guide
- Will I Qualify for North Dakota Medicaid for the Aged?
- What Can I Do to Ensure My North Dakota Medicaid Eligibility?
- Can North Dakota Medicaid Planning Help at the Last Minute?
- Medicaid Planning: Should It Be Part of Your Estate Plan
- Category: Medicare
- Category: Organ Donation
- Category: Pet Planning
- Category: Pet Planning in Minnesota
- Category: Pet Trusts
- Category: Powers of Attorney
- Understanding the Power in a Power of Attorney
- How Your Power of Attorney Can Go Wrong
- Can a Party Refuse to Honor a Power of Attorney?
- When Is a Power of Attorney the Right Choice?
- Understanding the Power behind a Power of Attorney
- Can a Power of Attorney Give Someone the Authority to Make Healthcare Decisions for Me?
- You Need Both a Will and Power of Attorney
- Don’t Worry About Losing Your Rights Under a POA
- Veteran’s Struggle Highlights Need for Careful Use of Power of Attorney
- When Powers of Attorney Cease
- Carefully Consider Your Role as Agent Under Power of Attorney Before You Accept
- Power of Attorney: Knowing Its Functions and Limitations
- Category: Probate
- 5 Steps You Should Take When You Are Responsible for Probating an Estate
- What You Need to Know about Probate Litigation
- 5 Steps for the First-Time Executor
- My Mother Just Passed Away. Now What Do I Need to Do?
- Do You Need to Go through Probate If There Is a Will?
- What Are the Rules of Intestacy in North Dakota?
- Probate Checklist for the First Time Executor
- Do I Need a Probate Attorney to Help Me Probate an Estate?
- Probate Lawyer Offers Tips for the Executor
- Tips for Getting through the Probate Process
- Will I Have to Go to Probate Court If I Am the Executor?
- The “No Contest” Clause
- Tips for Getting through the Probate Process
- Do I Need Probate?
- What Happens During the Probate of the Will?
- Can a North Dakota Estate Planning Attorney Help Me Probate an Estate?
- 10 Steps in the North Dakota Probate Process
- What Are Some Common Probate Questions?
- Probate Basics: What You Need to Know about Probate in North Dakota
- What Do I Need to Know About Probate?
- Do I Need a Probate Attorney If I Was Named as the Executor of an Estate?
- A Probate Attorney Can Provide Turnkey Assistance
- Is Probate Always a Problem?
- Is Minnesota Probate Always Required
- Is Every Asset Transfer Subject to the Probate Process?
- Free Report: What are North Dakota Drawbacks of Probate?
- Why Would I Want to Avoid Probate?
- What are the Drawbacks of Probate in Minnesota?
- Free Report: Is Probate Always Required in North Dakota?
- Category: Probate and Probate Avoidance
- Living Trusts and Probate
- Top 3 Reasons for Avoiding Probate
- 10 Things You Need to Know about Wills and Probate
- Probate and the Uniform Probate Code
- Why Would Someone Avoid Probate?
- What Is the Cost of Probate?
- How Long Does the Probate Process Take?
- Payable-on-Death Accounts – Commonly Asked Questions
- Popular Probate Misconceptions
- How to Deal With All the Personal Property Your Parents Leave Behind
- 3 Tips to Always Follow as a Personal Representative
- Artist’s Estate May Hinge on Barely-Legible Scrawled Notes
- Learning To Understand the Language of Wills
- Judge Seals Paterno Will
- Rosa Parks Estate Battle May Be Coming To a Final Conclusion
- A Look At Probate Avoidance
- Category: Property Ownership
- Category: Retirement Planning
- Category: Revocable Living Trust
- Revocable vs. Irrevocable Trusts
- When Do Revocable Trusts Terminate?
- Does a Revocable Living Trust Provide Asset Protection
- What Is a Minnesota Revocable Living Trust
- Why Does an Estate Plan Include a Will and a Living Trust?
- Why You Need to Update Your Revocable Living Trust in North Dakota
- Don’t Worry About Controlling Your Living Trust in Grand Forks
- Understanding the Difference Between Probate and Non-Probate Assets
- Selecting the Right Trustee for Your Trust
- Key Elements of a Living Trust
- The Minnesota Gun Collector’s Estate Plan – A FAQ on Gun Trusts
- Category: Special Needs Planning
- What Kind of Special Needs Trust Do I Need?
- Can a Special Needs Trust Be Used to Purchase Anything?
- Do I Need a Memorandum of Intent for My Special Needs Trust?
- Do I Need a Special Needs Planning Lawyer?
- Do I Need a Special Needs Planning Lawyer?
- Can I Protect My Injury Settlement With a Special Needs Trust?
- Can a Disabled Person Use a Trust to Preserve Government Benefits?
- Special Needs Planning: Position Assets Wisely
- Disability Planning: Preserving Government Benefits
- What Is a First Party Special Needs Trust?
- Medicaid, SSI, and Special Needs Trusts
- Are There Different Types of Special Needs Trusts?
- When Would I Use a Special Needs Trust?
- Free Report: What is a Special Needs Trust in North Dakota
- What Is a Third Party Special Needs Trust?
- What Is a Supplemental Needs Trust?
- Category: tax
- Category: Taxes in North Dakota
- Category: technology
- Category: Trust
- Why Would I Want a Trust to Be Irrevocable?
- How Can a Trust Help Protect an Inheritance?
- Should My Trustee Be Able to Make Discretionary Decisions?
- Can a Charity Be a Beneficiary?
- Picking a Trustee for Your Child’s Inheritance
- Is a Trustee Paid?
- Do I Need to Name a Successor Trustee?
- When Does a Trust Terminate?
- What Is a Secret Trust?
- Is Your Trustee Causing Your Trust to Fail?
- Do I Need a QTIP or a QDOT?
- Can I Contest a Trust?
- What Is a Grantor Retained Income Trust (GRIT)
- Is a Professional Trustee a Better Option?
- Can an Estate Planning Attorney Help in Setting Up a Trust?
- Types of Trusts for Farmers
- 3 Common Reasons to Consider North Dakota Revocable Trusts
- The Dangers of Creating a Trust on Your Own
- Free Report: Why Would I Use a North Dakota Trust Instead of a Will
- Category: Trust Basics in Minnesota
- Category: Trust Funding
- Category: Trusted Helpers
- Category: Trusts
- Trust Administration Basics — What Is Self-Dealing?
- Can a Trust Beneficiary Sell His or Her Interest in the Trust?
- I’m the Trustee! Now What?
- Are Capital Gains Taxes Due on the Sale or Distribution of Trust Assets?
- What Is a Spendthrift Provision in a Trust?
- How Do I Modify a Trust?
- Can a Trust Be Contested?
- Making the Most Out of an Incentive Trust
- Estate Planning for Parents with Young Children
- Common Trusts Explained
- How Can I Make Changes to My Living Trust?
- How to Pick Your Trustee
- Can You Terminate an Irrevocable Trust?
- The Role of Trustee
- Why Use a Living Trust to Distribute Your Estate?
- Living Trust Lawyer Explains How a Living Trust Is Used for Incapacity Planning
- Can a Trustee Be Removed?
- Tips for the New Trustee
- Tips for the First-Time Trustee
- When Is a Living Trust the Best Option?
- Can a Trusts Lawyer Be My Trustee?
- Who Should You Appoint as Trustee of your Trust?
- What Are Some Benefits of a Living Trust?
- How to Approach Trust Administration If You Are the Trustee
- Why Would I Want an Irrevocable Trust?
- What is a Minnesota Supplemental Needs Trust?
- Why You Need to Update Your Revocable Living Trust
- Category: Uncategorized
- Category: Voice of the Woman
- Category: Wills
- Can I Do Anything to Prevent a Will Contest?
- Things to Consider When Creating Your Will
- Do Not Make These Mistakes in Your Will
- Last Will and Testament Tips
- Why Do I Need a Will?
- Protecting Your Wishes in Your Will
- 3 Reasons a Will Is Necessary
- What Is Required to Show Lack of Testamentary Capacity in a Will Contest?
- Steps You Can Take to Decrease the Odds of a Challenge to Your Will
- Do You Need a Will If You Have a Revocable Living Trust?
- Do I Need an Estate Planning Lawyer for a Simple Will?
- Do I Really Need an Estate Planning Attorney to Help Me with My Will?
- Can a Probate Attorney Help Me Contest My Father’s Will?
- Tips for Creating a Will
- Top 5 Reasons to Avoid DIY Wills
- Wills vs. Trusts
- When Should I Start Planning a Will?
- When You Lose Your Will
- When I Write a Will, What Does it Cover?
- Practical Tips When Making a Last Will
- When I Write a Will, What Does it Cover?
- Commonly Asked Questions About Pour-Over Wills in Fertile MN
- Why New Minnesota Parents Should Update Their Wills
- The Self-Proving Affidavit and Your Will – 3 Issues
- Witnessing a Will: Common Questions
- Making a New Will to Revoke an Old Will
