Minnesota Estate Planning Cases

Southeast Minnesota Estate Planning Attorney

Paul Deloughery calls Southeast Minnesota home. He grew up in Winona, Minnesota and now has offices in both La Crescent (near La Crosse, Wisconsin) and Northfield. Mr. Deloughery has honed his probate and trust administration skills by working on large, complicated estates in both Arizona and Minnesota. He is pleased to announce that he now sees clients once a month in the Southeast Minnesota area in Northfield, Minnesota (at the Hero & Debner Law Office, P.A.) and at his office in La Crescent, Minnesota.

Estate Litigation for Blended Families. Mr. Deloughery regularly handles probates, guardianships and conservatorships, trusts, estate planning and related litigation. He is especially skilled at handling complicated issues that arise after a person has died or become incapacitated, including when the family does not agree. This is increasingly common because of blended families in which the children and step-children do not share the same parent. Many of these issues are discussed on Mr. Deloughery's blog at http://azprobate.blogspot.com/. Many of the same issues addressed on that blog apply equally to Minnesota families working through after death issues.

Vulnerable Adults. Mr. Deloughery is particularly concerned with cases in which someone either steals assets from an older person outright or pressures the older person to change an estate plan shortly before the person dies. Elder abuse can take many forms. So can intentional interference with inheritance expectancy. These cases are often hard to prove, and you need an attorney (like Mr. Deloughery) willing to put in the extra work.

Estate Planning. His experiences in dealing with the aftermath of poor estate planning helps Mr. Deloughery prepare estate plans that work. In other words, having a simple Will does no good if it can result in the disinheritance of some of the children. Having a health care directive does not solve the problem if the person named wants to put the parent in a nursing home (against his or her wishes) and the other children need to go to court to fight for the parent's right to stay at home.

To schedule an appointment with Mr. Deloughery, please call 866-920-0549. Please state whether you wish to meet in Northfield or La Crescent.