PRACTICE AREAS
REAL ESTATE
Things like purchase agreements, easements, and leases can be confusing and challenging. The last thing anyone wants is a boundary dispute between neighbors! O'Neill, O'Neill & Barduson expertly drafts and reviews purchase agreements, easements, leases, and does thorough title examinations, just to name a few!
Purchase agreements and disclosures, all types of deeds, Contracts for Deed, Promissory Notes, Mortgages, new easements, Wind Easement and Lease review, apartment, residential, commercial, and agricultural real estate leases, and Options and Rights of First Refusal Agreements
REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS AND TITLE INSURANCE
O'Neill, O'Neill & Barduson arranges and facilitates an array of real estate transactions, including Contracts for Deed, home and land sales, and loan closing services.
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Attorney's Title Guaranty Fund (ATGF), a partner of O'Neill, O'Neill, & Barduson, is a full service title company that issues Owner's and Lender's Title Policies for new buyers and their lenders.
Real estate transactions, Lenders and Owners Title Insurance Policies
PROBATE
The probate process requires a lot of investment during the difficult time of losing a family member. Our attorneys use decades' worth of expertise to help make the process as streamlined as possible.
Formal Probates and Informal Probates, Decrees of Descent, and Small Estate Affidavits
TRUSTS
Sometimes, a solid estate plan isn't enough for your life scenario. O'Neill, O'Neill & Barduson helps determine your needs and if a trust aligns with those needs. The O'Neill, O'Neill & Barduson trusts are created and drafted in-office to ensure that the trust functions exactly as it should function.
Create and administer trusts, terminate trusts, and handle all post-death trust administration matters
ESTATE PLANNING
O'Neill, O'Neill, & Barduson Law Office specializes in Estate Planning. For years, the office has helped citizens in and around Pipestone County plan for the future. When appropriate, our firm's goal is to plan a non-probate estate to save you and your heirs both money and time upon death.
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No life scenario is exactly the same. Not all possibilities work for every person. Our attorneys approach each client's situation on an individual basis to help find the best plan for each scenario.
Wills, Transfer on Death Deeds, Retained Life Estate Deeds, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, and Gifts and Gift Tax Returns
FARM LEASES
O'Neill, O'Neill & Barduson has helped local farmers and tenants establish and maintain farm rental leases for decades. The attorneys maintain extensive knowledge of the local farm rental rates to provide guidance on fair rent depending on the quality of the tillable land as well as the familiarity with the pro-landlord clauses to protect the landlord in the lease of agricultural land.
Cash and Share-crop Leases, Hybrid Farm Leases, Pasture Leases, and Lease Renewals
LLCs & CORPORATIONs
If you're thinking of starting your own corporation or LLC, O'Neill, O'Neill & Barduson can help with the formation of your business. We even go the extra mile to get you a Federal Tax ID number and its supporting documentation through the Internal Revenue Service. When it is time to sell your business to either a third party or a family member, we have the experience to handle the entire process. Then, when your business has reached the end of the road, we can also help dissolve the LLC or corporation already in place.
Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Organization, Tax ID numbers, By-laws, Operating Agreements, Buy-Sell Agreements, and Sale of Business Assets and Sale of Corporate Stock Agreements
QUIET TITLE ACTIONS
There are times when the only solution is a Court Judgment to quiet defective title.
CANCELLATIONS OF CONTRACTS FOR DEED
There are times when a Buyer is in default and the Contract for Deed needs to be cancelled with title going back to the Seller. We can handle these legal actions.
EVICTIONS
Sometimes, evictions are necessary. And throughout this unpleasant process, O'Neill, O'Neill & Barduson can help draft, file, and obtain a court-ordered eviction of problem tenants.