Estate Planning across the Life Cycle of a Family

Everyone has reasons to plan for the future:

• Communicating with your loved ones about the kind of medical care you would want in case of emergency
• Naming a guardian to care for your minor children in time of need
• Ensuring that your property and beloved possessions are inherited by your loved ones
• Protecting your hard-earned assets or family business from excess property tax and probate costs

At Great Plains Legal, our estate planning attorneys help people plan and manage their financial affairs with wills, trusts, and medical and financial directives. Whatever your concern, we can help you find a tool to meet your goals. Contact us now for a free 30-minute consultation.

Caring for Children and Vulnerable Adult Family Members

Guardianship and conservatorship documents allow you to put services in place for financial and medical decision-making for minor children and adults who cannot make such decisions for themselves. If you have a family member with a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a degenerative illness such as Alzheimer's, talk to our estate planning lawyers about steps you can take now to protect their future.

Elder Law in Minnesota

While many elderly people are able to remain at home their entire lives, some will require in-home care, and others will need nursing home care. Nursing home care is extremely costly and can place a huge burden on a family, especially on a healthy spouse who is still able to live at home.

If you believe that your spouse or elder parent may need nursing home care in a year or two, now is the time to start planning for the financial impact. Ask a Twin Cities elder law attorney about special needs trusts and other financial planning to help you with Medicaid spend-down requirements that could allow your family member to qualify for Medicaid assistance—without impoverishing your family.

Sensitive Legal Help with Sensitive Issues

We know estate planning and nursing home planning can be difficult issues to broach, but you will gain peace of mind when you know a plan is in place. We have helped many families with estate planning and elder care planning.

We can help you. Contact our Chanhassen law office for a free 30-minute consultation. Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with evening and weekend hours by appointment.

Great Plains Legal, PLC

470 West 78th Street, Suite 100
Chanhassen, MN 55317
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The attorneys of the Chanhassen law firm of Great Plains Legal, PLC, provide professional family law and estate planning services to families throughout the Twin Cities metro area of Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Dakota County, Scott County, Carver County, Anoka County, Wright County, McLeod County, and Sherburne County, in communities such as Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Bloomington, Shakopee, Chaska, Waconia, Victoria, Jordan, Young America, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Twin Cities, Anoka, Apple Valley, Stillwater, West St. Paul, and Elk River.