Incapacity

The Basics of Organ Donation

by Erin Hoolihan March 28, 2013 Estate Planning 101

Many of us come across the thought of organ donation for the first time when we apply for a driver’s license. Usually at that young age, it is a topic difficult to consider and oftentimes [...]

Read the full article →

The Tolls of Caregiving

by Mike Westling February 12, 2013 Guest Articles

Given the prevalent role families play in providing long-term care, insurance may not always seem necessary. However, as briefly discussed in my last post on the basics of long-term care insurance, the true value of [...]

Read the full article →

Use it or Lose It Long-Term Care Insurance? Not So Anymore

by Bob Cohen February 6, 2013 Guest Articles

Statistics have shown and there is little denying that long-term care will be in most of our futures at some time and to some extent.  It also seems to reason that the premiums/costs to insure [...]

Read the full article →

PROFESSIONAL FIDUCIARIES: WHO NEEDS THEM?

by Lori Manning December 12, 2012 Guest Articles

People need fiduciaries for a variety of reasons, but this article is written with elderly people who are incapacitated by dementia in mind. Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a variety of diseases that [...]

Read the full article →

Long Term Care: Are You Prepared?

by Mike Westling November 5, 2012 Guest Articles

One of the main goals at Epilawg is to help you plan your own epilogue to your life. Many of the posts here discuss passing on what you’ve accumulated during your lifetime to your loved [...]

Read the full article →

End of Life Decisions with a Guardianship

by Jamie Held October 29, 2012 Incapacity Planning

Earlier this month, a Hennepin County District Court Judge addressed the questions, “Who has the power to decide if a person under guardianship should be allowed to die?  Should it be the guardian …?  Should [...]

Read the full article →

Digital assets and your fiduciaries

by Maggie Green October 19, 2012 Estate Planning 101

Here on Epilawg, we already have great articles about the estate planning for social media accounts and the importance of having an estate plan that addresses ownership of digital art. This article will address the importance of giving fiduciaries [...]

Read the full article →

Guardianship Basics

by Mary Szondy October 17, 2012 Guest Articles

What is a Guardianship? A guardianship is a determination by the Court that a person (proposed ward) is incapacitated.  The judge must make this decision based upon clear and convincing evidence. “Incapacitated person” means an [...]

Read the full article →

QR Codes … for Estate Planning?

by Jamie Held August 3, 2012 Estate Planning 101

QR codes, those squares made of square dots arranged in a pattern that you scan with your smart phone, are popping up everywhere these days.  Consequently, I was not at all surprised when I saw [...]

Read the full article →

Arresting Motion: Estate Planning for Artists

by Christi Cottrell February 14, 2012 Estate Planning 101

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries