Estate Tax On March 21, 2014, Governor Dayton signed a tax bill (H.F. 1777; Minnesota Laws, Chapter 150) that will gradually increase the Minnesota estate tax exemption from $1.2 million for deaths in 2014 to $2.0 million for deaths in 2018 and thereafter. Minnesota and the f [...]
Another uneventful Sunday was planned by a friend of mine. She was to meet Sophie, her 90-year-old mother-in-law, at church for the Sunday service. But this Sunday didn’t go as planned. Sophie arrived late and found her daughter-in-law already in the pew. The church service [...]
…continued The GP recently modified a prescription given by the nephrologist and changed the dosage of Sophie’s blood pressure medication. Even though Sophie’s grandson knows what medications she has, he is not sure that she is actually taking them. Sophie and her grandson l [...]
I can’t stand it anymore. I open the paper, turn on the television, the radio, or pick up the telephone and I am bombarded with campaign ads. And I assume this can only get worse after Labor Day as we head in to the home stretch towards the election in November. In the last [...]
In most societies, including our own, it is the woman who is the primary caregiver, the nurturer, the supporter. In a woman’s capacity as mother these tasks are performed on her children, rearing them and preparing them to be well-adjusted, productive members of society. It [...]
(Continued…) It was based largely upon this experience that I chose a career in elder law. I wanted to assist families in these decisions, as well as the myriad of the issues facing them. These decisions include getting a proper estate plan in place for the parent, such as f [...]
AARP’s Public Policy Institute today released a new research report focusing on older investors with diminished capacity -and how financial services professionals can best meet their needs. Increasingly, older people are responsible for their own retirement security in an era [...]
