Power of Attorney Fact Sheet S-8
By: Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis
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For years I have been acting as my sister's power of attorney...
She passed away last week and I went to the bank to withdraw some money from her savings account in order to cover her funeral expenses. I was dismayed when the banker told me...
By: Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota-Duluth
Should I add my children to my bank account?
I named my son as a joint owner on my checking and savings accounts about 2 years ago. My son is now in the midst of a divorce. Are my jointly held assets in danger of being lost in the divorce?
By: Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota-Duluth
Booklets
Probate and Planning
(Separate Website)
This valuable tool for the planning process addresses wills and the probate process. To see this in HTML, click here.
By: Minnesota Attorney General's Office
Other Helpful Resources
Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
(Separate Website)
Good advance planning for health care decisions is, in reality, a continuing conversation - about values, priorities, the meaning of one’s life, and quality of life. To help you in this process, this tool kit contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions, and resources. There are 10 tools in all, each clearly labeled and user-friendly. The tool kit does not create a formal advance directive for you. Instead, it helps you do the much harder job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you in the face of serious illness.
By: ABA Commission on Law and Aging
Health and Financial Decisions
(Separate Website)
Legal tools for preserving your personal autonomy.
By: ABA Commission on Law and Aging
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Myths and Facts About Health Care Advance Directives
(Separate Website)
By: ABA Commission on Law and Aging
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
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