By having a health care directive, your family can avoid spending thousands of dollars on a costly guardianship proceeding if you become incapacitated and cannot make medical decisions for yourself. A power of attorney is a legal document that allows you to name someone else to make decisions on your behalf if you are incapacitated or unable to make decisions for yourself relating to financial or legal matters.
Talk to an experienced Minnesota probate attorney to see if there are ways for you to avoid probate in Minnesota. We don't have a crystal ball. We don't know what twists and turns life may bring. What we do know is that failing to have the proper planning in place can lead to unintended results for you and your family. Unlike other areas of the law, you must be proactive with estate planning.
We are an award-winning Burnsville, Minnesota Estate Planning Law Firm. We prepare Wills, Trusts, Health Care Directives, Powers of Attorney, and other estate planning documents to protect your loved ones.
Talk to an experienced Minnesota probate attorney to see if there are ways for you to avoid probate in Minnesota. We don't have a crystal ball. We don't know what twists and turns life may bring. What we do know is that failing to have the proper planning in place can lead to unintended results for you and your family. Unlike other areas of the law, you must be proactive with estate planning.
We are an award-winning Burnsville, Minnesota Estate Planning Law Firm. We prepare Wills, Trusts, Health Care Directives, Powers of Attorney, and other estate planning documents to protect your loved ones.
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We are a Minnesota Estate Planning and Probate Law Firm dedicated to helping individuals and families achieve peace of mind knowing that their loved ones will be taken care of when they are gone.
Zach Wiegand has been named a Minnesota Super Lawyer - Rising Star for the past five years (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021).
This is an honor which requires nomination by other attorneys and is reserved for less than 2.5% of all Minnesota attorneys.
Zach brings a dedication and passion to helping each and every client as if they were a part of his own family.
Zach Wiegand has been named a Minnesota Super Lawyer - Rising Star for the past five years (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021).
This is an honor which requires nomination by other attorneys and is reserved for less than 2.5% of all Minnesota attorneys.
Zach brings a dedication and passion to helping each and every client as if they were a part of his own family.
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Attorney Zach Wiegand will give you a recommendation for your estate plan and he will tell you the exact flat fee cost for creating that plan.
You will review all of your documents with your attorney and ensure that your plan meets your needs.
You will then sign your documents.
After you sign your documents, your documents are scanned and stored digitally on your secure client portal.
You will have access to your documents digitally whenever you want through your portal.
Attorney Zach Wiegand will give you a recommendation for your estate plan and he will tell you the exact flat fee cost for creating that plan.
You will review all of your documents with your attorney and ensure that your plan meets your needs.
You will then sign your documents.
After you sign your documents, your documents are scanned and stored digitally on your secure client portal.
You will have access to your documents digitally whenever you want through your portal.
When you have a will-based estate plan, you will not avoid probate, but you will make things easier on your family.
A will is a letter to the probate court with instructions on who gets your stuff when you die.
Rather than having the court decide who will get your assets, having a will allows you to choose who will receive those assets and also who will take care of your children by selecting guardians for children who are minors.
If you have a will, you will also need a health care directive, power of attorney and HIPAA waiver to make sure that your family can take care of you if you become incapacitated.
A will is a letter to the probate court with instructions on who gets your stuff when you die.
Rather than having the court decide who will get your assets, having a will allows you to choose who will receive those assets and also who will take care of your children by selecting guardians for children who are minors.
If you have a will, you will also need a health care directive, power of attorney and HIPAA waiver to make sure that your family can take care of you if you become incapacitated.
By having a health care directive, your family can avoid spending thousands of dollars on a costly guardianship proceeding if you become incapacitated and cannot make medical decisions for yourself.
A Minnesota health care directive is a legal document that allows you to name someone else to make health care decisions for you if you are incapacitated and unable to do so yourself.
A health care directive is only valid while you are living.
In Minnesota, health care directives were formerly known as living wills, durable powers of attorney for health care, or health care powers of attorney.
A Minnesota health care directive is a legal document that allows you to name someone else to make health care decisions for you if you are incapacitated and unable to do so yourself.
A health care directive is only valid while you are living.
In Minnesota, health care directives were formerly known as living wills, durable powers of attorney for health care, or health care powers of attorney.
In 2021, decedents may pass up to $3,000,000 in assets to whomever they want without paying any estate tax.
Note, however, that you may give an unlimited amount of assets to either a spouse or charity free of estate tax.
If the first spouse dies and everything passes to the surviving spouse, the first spouse to die has given up his or her ability to preserve their estate tax exemption amount.
In Minnesota we are not able to transfer our unused exemption amount to our surviving spouse like we can at the federal level.
Note, however, that you may give an unlimited amount of assets to either a spouse or charity free of estate tax.
If the first spouse dies and everything passes to the surviving spouse, the first spouse to die has given up his or her ability to preserve their estate tax exemption amount.
In Minnesota we are not able to transfer our unused exemption amount to our surviving spouse like we can at the federal level.
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