Tarrant & Liska, PLLC

Tarrant & Liska, PLLC is a St. Paul, Minnesota, law firm serving clients throughout the Twin Cities metro area and across the state. The firm focuses on estate planning, probate, estate administration, guardianships, and conservatorships. Attorneys Karen L. Tarrant and Melanie A. Liska bring decades of combined experience to individuals, families, personal representatives, trustees, beneficiaries, and small businesses. The firm provides direct guidance and personal attention.

Tarrant & Liska, PLLC helps clients create plans for property, health care, disability, and family responsibilities. The firm prepares wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and standby custodian documents. Services include special and supplemental needs trusts for people with disabilities. The attorneys review financial circumstances, family concerns, taxes, beneficiary designations, and probate avoidance options before preparing an estate plan.

Tarrant & Liska, PLLC guides personal representatives, heirs, trustees, and beneficiaries through probate and trust administration. The firm prepares court filings, inventories assets, addresses debts and taxes, and supports proper property distribution. Representation covers contested and uncontested probate matters, decrees of descent, summary administration, ancillary probate, and trust disputes. The attorneys appear at hearings and help clients understand each responsibility during the administration process.

Tarrant & Liska, PLLC represents people involved in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. The firm assists proposed wards, guardians, conservators, relatives, and other concerned parties in contested or uncontested matters. Services include petitions, court reports, annual accountings, and planning for medical or financial decision-making. The attorneys consider powers of attorney, health care directives, public benefits, and special needs trusts when alternatives deserve review. The firm combines practical solutions, clear communication, and individualized service for clients facing important family and financial legal decisions.