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Another Week, Another Six Forms

With another week and a holiday under our belt, we continue our weekly release of new probate forms, with this week’s release of six new estate planning and administration forms. The new forms include: Affidavit of Domicile – Individual Affidavit of Domicile – Business Entity Irrevocable Stock Power Irrevocable Bond Power Affidavit for Collection of …

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The Updated Skinny on Recently Passed Legislation

Updated May 26, 2009. We’ve now compiled a more complete list of legislation passed by the Minnesota legislature, including information about the current disposition of the legislation (signed, vetoed or filed without signature). Two pieces of legislation that we had earlier identified for review have been vetoed. Our current list, including the list of legislation …

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Update: New Probate Forms Continue to Roll Out

We quietly released another small set of new probate forms this week – applications, petitions, letters and orders for successor personal representative situations. With this set, we are also releasing new forms to deal with appointment of an original or successor personal representative who must operate under court-ordered restrictions. We released the following forms today on practicelaw: …

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A Time to Review the New Legislation

While the aftermath of Minnesota’s legislative session is still being debated and spun out, we’re starting on the process of reviewing the new legislation that did manage to pass both legislative bodies and receive the signature of Governor Pawlenty (or may still be pending approval).  While the governor signed more than 90 pieces of legislation …

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Jury of Peers? Try Four Franklins and a Hamilton

The cost of being a client or an attorney just got a bit higher in Minnesota.  Governor Tim Pawlenty signed a court funding bill last week that outlined the appropriations for Minnesota’s judiciary. The bill, SF 802 (excerpt only), includes a list of increased fees as well as an increase in an attorney’s annual registration …

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