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		<title>How to Put Your Home in a Trust in Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to Put Your Home in a Trust in Minnesota: A Comprehensive Guide Placing your home into a trust in Minnesota offers significant benefits, including asset protection, estate planning flexibility, and the ability to streamline the transfer of property upon death. Understanding the various components of this process is crucial for ensuring that your assets&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Starting Probate Administration in Dakota County, Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Starting Probate Administration in Dakota County, Minnesota Navigating the Minnesota probate process can be challenging, particularly during a time of loss. If you&#8217;ve recently experienced the passing of a loved one in Dakota County, Minnesota, understanding how to initiate probate administration is essential. This article outlines the steps involved, relevant Minnesota statutes, and offers guidance&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why is Divorce Mediation Better than Court</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why is Divorce Mediation Better than Court While the Minnesota divorce mediation process doesn&#8217;t get as much press and pop culture representation as major court battles, the mediation process is still a perfectly viable option. Lawyers who know family law can help you avoid going to court altogether because court battles aren&#8217;t always the best&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Preventing Your Will from Being Contested</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Preventing Your Will From Being Contested You&#8217;ve probably had days and been in situations where you feel like nothing&#8217;s within your control. While we can&#8217;t control everything, there are some things that we can do to prevent the worst-case scenario from happening. Drafting a will with an estate planning attorney is one such action. You&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living Wills and Healthcare Directives</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Living Wills and Healthcare Directives: A Comparison These two things are by few means the same. Power of attorney law is just the start to learning about healthcare proxies while a living will is document for specific situations that needs to be thought through seriously. You can have both implemented, but implementing both isn’t for&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>MN  Family Law &#124; Changing a Childs Name</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Post-divorce, life will go on for everyone involved. Sometimes that leads to the building of new lives, new relationships, and new identities. Sometimes this may lead to an opportunity where you want to change your childs name. Minnesota Statute Section 259.10 provides that a minor child&#8217;s name may be changed upon application with the Court&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Minnesota Child Support Laws and Parenting Time</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Minnesota law is continually trying to find the appropriate and fair calculation for child support determinations. There is an ongoing dispute as to the resources needed to care for a child while having extensive parenting time with a child. In a continued effort to do so, new Minnesota laws that went into effect this summer&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Minnesota Divore and Family Law &#124; When You’re A Dad But Without the Rights</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Father&#8217;s Rights in Minnesota The arrival of a child for a dad brings a wave of uncertainty about the future for parenting the child. Unfortunately for dads that are not married to the child’s mother, they will face even more obstacles and uncertainty in being an involved dad to their child. If things go sour&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Life Insurance and Post-Divorce Law</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court To Hear Minnesota Case Concerning Post-Divorce Life Insurance The following article is a little bit of everything, touching on several points we&#8217;ve discussed before. The post concerns a case heading to the U.S. Supreme Court for review that originated in Minnesota. That case is about divorce, but also about estate planning (or, at&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Divorce vs. Annulment &#124; Minnesota Law</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph M. Flanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows that marriage is complicated and that the path each couple takes in dissolving their marriage is different. No two couples will experience the same struggles, be it financial or emotional. Though there are many paths that couples might take, they all end in one of only two ways. Every marriage will end in&#8230;]]></description>
		
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