Centennial Community Education

Running a micro, small to medium-sized business offers unique challenges as the time, resources and financial considerations facing the business owner will often affect the decision-making process as much more than the very merit of those crucial decisions. In over 25 years of providing legal advice to startup, developing, and growing businesses, as well as mature small to medium sized businesses on a daily and weekly basis, the instructor has experienced it all. This presentation takes hold of a variety of common mistakes (legal, operational, contractual, and more) that Minnesota business owners commonly make, and provides reasoned responses and solutions in clearly explained non-legal terminology to which every business owner or operator can relate. Your questions and issues are welcome at class as we strive to supply all participants with both answers and a helpful decision-making framework.

You work your whole career with the goal of someday retiring. This seminar covers the crucial years leading up to your retirement date, the active years of your retirement, and the winding down of your retirement years. Subjects will include: Estate planning while working, during retirement and at the end of life When to take your Social Security Key financial products and service available in the market (Medicaid compliant annuities, Long Term Care Insurance, Life Insurance Long term Care Riders) What to look for in a professional (Financial Advisor, CFP, RIA, Fiduciary) The final plans before the end, what can be too little too late. Please bring your questions, this class is an interactive forum.

We'll walk through (in-depth) an actual Minnesota Probate Estate from filing of the Application for Probate to the Final Accounts, and all the steps in between. Learn the entire process with current forms, court and filing requirements, accounting and procedural steps, as well as the procedures for the sale and distribution of estate assets. Discuss the roles, responsibilities, and liabilities of a person who is appointed as the Executor/Personal Representative. The class will be filled with real-life examples and solutions to the multitude of issues involving a typical (or not typical) Minnesota Probate Estate. This class encourages questions: Is there a reading of the Will? What about personal items? Does the Executor get paid? What about estate bills and creditors? We will provide the answers. A Zoom link and class handouts will be sent to the email given during registration.