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Real property often represents the most valuable asset in someone's name. Whether someone purchased a home as an investment or as their primary residence, they want it to appreciate in value so that they can eventually sell it for more and they paid for it in most...
The estate planning process isn't just about drafting wills and funding trusts to guide the probate process. It also frequently involves planning to keep certain assets out of probate court altogether. Attaching a payable on death or transfer on death designation to a...
Plenty of people acquire real estate with a co-owner. Many adults buy a home with their spouse or romantic partner. Some people might even buy a house with their college roommate because it is cheaper to share a mortgage than it is for each of them to rent an...
The state often only prosecutes people when their intimidating or abusive behavior goes too far. You don't need to wait for someone to physically victimize you to take legal action. You can ask the courts to help protect you from misconduct by other parties in certain...
Probate proceedings have a bad reputation. Many people are eager to avoid probate at all costs. However, court oversight of estate administration occurs for a reason. Some people might embezzle from an estate without any oversight of how they manage the assets someone...
When you’re a business professional, one of the benefits you may have received was stock options. Stock options give you a right to buy your own company’s stock for a set price. The idea is that you can buy these stocks at a set price even in the future, and that’s...
When someone defaults on their obligations to your company, they will inevitably cost your business money. Whether you have to obtain supplies or services from an alternative and more expensive source or you delayed delivery for a client and trigger a penalty clause...
On June 27, 2022 the Minnesota Court of Appeals released a precedential decision regarding digital court appearances. In Butler v. Jakes, the District Court issued an Order for Protection protecting Petitioner, Ms. Butler, from Respondent, Mr. Jakes after holding a...
Probate often can be a complicated process. The estate must be settled, and many tasks completed. But along the way there is the possibility for disagreements to surface, leading to litigation. Disputes happen, whether among family members or due to an executor...
A divorce does not automatically sever provisions of a will leaving assets to an ex-spouse’s heirs according to the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision issued yesterday in the Estate of Mathew Joseph Tomczik, A21-1420 (May 23, 2022). In Tomczik, the deceased, Mathew...