Tomorrow is the big day, that is, July 1, the effective date of the amendments to the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. In an earlier blog post, Greg discussed the big change to the Summons. He posted again when it was available on practicelaw and also explained why practicelaw was not preparing a similarly new …
Update and Support for Terri Melcher
If you are a Minnesota attorney, there’s no doubt you heard the news earlier this week of the stabbing of Fridley-based family law attorney Terri Melcher. It was a brutal attack by an ex-husband of one of Ms. Melcher’s family law clients, and brought to mind another horrible event in 2003, when Osseo attorney Rick Hendrickson …
Probate and Estate Law Changes
Probate and estate law attorneys should be aware of new legislation recently signed into law. Highlights of the new laws (currently found in Session Law 334, S.F.No. 2427) fall under three topics. Given the temporary repeal of the federal estate tax in 2010 and the uncertainty of whether Congress will act prior to the reinstatement …
New Civil Summons Available on practicelaw
One of our recent posts outlined changes to the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure and the Minnesota Supreme Court’s approval of a new civil summons, modeled after a civil summons in New Hampshire. After that post, we got to work on producing a civil summons with the newly approved language. The new civil summons is …
New Criminal Defense Forms
Last week we rolled out the first set of new criminal law forms on practicelaw. The new forms are courtesy of criminal defense practitioner Frederic Bruno, who has graciously agreed to share his forms. Forms will be added in stages throughout the summer, and practicelaw’s existing criminal law forms may be revised or renamed to …
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