YOU ANDYOUR BUSINESS NEED SOUND LEGAL ADVICE
Representing Businesses From Formation to Dissolution
Legal knowledge provides protection for your business and your family . Spangler and de Stefano , PLLP assists businesses , including franchises from start-ups through dissolution and most everything in between .
C-Corporations , S-Corporations , Non-Profit Corporations , Partnerships , LLCs , Professional Firms , Joint Ventures , Common Interest Communities & Cooperatives
Our services include , but are not limited to :
• Buying and / or Selling a Business
• Business to Business Contracts
• Employee Handbooks
• Business Succession Planning
• Corporate Governance
• Commercial and Residential Leases
• Holding Companies for Real Estate
• Unemployment Appeals and Appeals to the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Supreme Court
• Departments of Commerce , Labor & Human Services Actions
• Drafting / Advising on Agreements ( e . g ., Independent Contractor , Buy-Sell , and Prenuptial Agreements , etc .)
Estate Planning and Elder Law : Planning Your Future Now
In planning your future now , it is important that you first understand your goals .
We provide you options to achieve your goals . If your goal is to ...
• avoid probate , then you must have a trust and / or file a transfer on death deed for your real property and complete your beneficiary designations .
• avoid estate taxes , then a trust must be created and / or gifting must be done .
• choose who raises your minor children in the event of your death creating a guardianship within a will must be used .
• sell a low-basis asset without paying capital gains , benefit a charity , and have an income stream during your lifetime , then a charitable remainder or charitable lead trust must be created .
• provide assets for the benefit of a disabled person , then a supplemental needs trust must be created .
• keep the cabin in your family , the best way is possibly through the creation of a cabin trust .
• avoid the surviving spouse from disinheriting your children from a previous relationship , then you must create what is commonly referred to as a QTIP trust .
• protect assets from a medical assistance lien , and avoid improper uncompensated transfers , you must do the planning now .
• avoid your family going to court for a costly conservatorship or guardianship proceeding , you must have a health care directive and a power of attorney .
Passionate about providing guidance and insight to business owners and their families
EVON M . SPANgLER PERRy M . de STEFANO
LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
TRUSTED LEGAL ADVISORS FOR CIVIL MATTERS 962 Saint Clair Avenue , St Paul , MN 55105 | Phone : 651-776-2900 Fax : 651-776-0106 evon @ spangleranddestefano . com | perry @ spangleranddestefano . com www . spangleranddestefano . com
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