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What is a Grand Jury and How Does it Work? Criminal charges most often are brought directly by a prosecutor against a defendant. This is typically in the form of a Complaint. However certain crimes require charging by indictment. In Minnesota, offenses punishable...
Dealing with Debt Collectors: When is it Time to Contact a Lawyer? There have been changes in the law in the last few years that protect individuals from unfair or harassing conduct by debt collectors. The most important of these laws is the Fair Debt Collection...
Effective January 1, 2015 Minnesota law on criminal expungement will change making it easier to expunge criminal records and allowing the petitioning party to expunge a broader set of records than previously possible. There are three big changes. First, law...
What is the Difference Between Physical and Legal Custody?When two parents decide to no longer live together, decisions and arrangements need to be made regarding how the parents will raise the children when living in two different households and how they will divide...
For most individuals and families, buying a home is the largest and most significant purchase they will make during their lifetime. Selling a home can be an equally important decision. Although an attorney is not required to buy or sell a home, an attorney can help...
This fall, residents of Scott County and other county residents in similar election cycles will be asked to vote for the office of County Attorney in their home county. For many, this is an office that you hear little about, and that gets little attention...
It is getting easier to apply to become a 501(c)(3) charity. The IRS has released a new simplified form for charities having less than $250,000 in assets and having gross annual receipts of less than $50,000. This is a change from the standard 26 page which will...
As a result of recent legislation, Minnesota's minimum wage rates will rise according to the following chart:Large employers (gross volume of sales made or business done of $500,000 or more per year) must pay at least $8 an hour Small employers (gross volume...
As of January 1, 2014, there is a new Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney in Minnesota. The new form only affects documents signed after January 1, 2014, so if you have a power of attorney executed before that date, your document is still valid. However moving...
Being attorneys who have lived through a cocktail party or two, we often get questions about what an individual's rights are in certain situations. Frequently we have been asked what the police may search if you are arrested. This is a weekly blog, not a legal...
