Including divorce, separation agreements, cohabitation agreements & other common-law relationship matters, custody & other parenting matters, adoption
Including incorporations & other business structuring, shareholder agreements, annual returns
Including sales & purchase, mortgage & other financing, land development
Asset Protection
The goal of asset protection is to shield the assets of an individual or a business entity, without concealment, tax evasion or fraud. This field of law encompasses a set of legal tools and methods for that purpose.
While protection of assets is often thought of in the context of debtor/creditor relations, your assets can also be threatened in a variety of other ways — by the deterioration of domestic relationships, by bankruptcy, or even by mental incapacity. Asset protection is about managing those risks. It includes the pro-active process of estate & succession planning , not just the reactive process of responding to a threat.
The process of such planning involves assessing the facts, circumstances and objectives of an individual, outlining the options available, evaluating the pros and cons of the various options, designing a structure that is most likely to accomplish all of those objectives, and preparing legal documents to carry out the plan.
At Martinson & Harder, those practicing in this field are:
Including preparation and/or review of offers, mortgage & other financing
Including incorporations & other business structuring, shareholder agreements, annual returns
Including review or preparation of contracts
Including sales & purchase, mortgage & other financing, land development
Including collections, builders’ liens, personal injury, contractual, landlord/tenant, insurance
Including preparation and/or review of offers, mortgage & other financing
Including preparation of Wills, Powers of Attorney & Personal Directives
Including sales & purchase of land, mortgage & other financing, land development
Including review or preparation of contracts
Including planning prior to a death and probate and all other matters relating to management of affairs following a death
Including collections, builders’ liens, contractual, commercial landlord/tenant, insurance
Including review or preparation of contracts for oil & gas access, grazing, farmland
Implementing various methods of protecting personal & business assets from creditors
Including matters of abuse & exploitation and maintenance of autonomy
Including purchase, sale or lease
Including management of company assets & liabilities within estate planning, but also involves transition planning for company duties & responsibilities
Including collections, contractual, landlord/tenant and any other operational disputes
Including all financial & personal care matters relating to dependent adults
Including proper employment & dismissal practices, contracting, labour code matters
Implementing various methods of protecting personal & farm assets from creditors
Including wrongful dismissal, other contractual matters, labour code issues
Including management of farm assets & liabilities within estate planning, but also involves transition planning for duties & responsibilities within the farm company
Implementing various methods of protecting personal assets from creditors
Official validation of documents
Official validation of documents
Including proper employment & dismissal practices, contracting, labour code matters
Official validation of documents