Effective tomorrow, December 1, the Fourth Judicial District Court (Hennepin County) has new requirements for all* proposed guardians and conservators to:

1. watch a new Guardianship/Conservatorship Educational video before they appear at their initial hearings; and
2. file a modified version of the Acceptance of Appointment form, which states that they watched the video and understand the duties and responsibilities for which they seek appointment.

The video was created to help educate, inform, and prepare proposed guardians and conservators about their duties and responsibilities. The goal is to reduce  the number of successor petitions filed with the court where the appointed guardian or conservator is not able to fulfill their duties and responsibilities. Letters of appointment will not  issue until the proposed guardian or conservator has watched the video and filed the Hennepin County-specific Acceptance of Appointment form with the court. For more information, see the Announcement.

As detailed in a previous post, we have just reviewed and revised the Guardianship and Conservatorship form sets on practicelaw. Today we also added new Acceptance of Appointment forms for use in Hennepin County. These forms include reference to the required videos. The forms specific to Hennepin County have “H” at the end of the form number.

*Editorial note: The new requirements do not apply to the proposed guardian of a minor.

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The Uniform Conveyancing Blank Task Force drafted and approved a couple of new and revised Uniform Conveyancing Blanks (UCBs). An Affidavit of Trustee Regarding Certificate of Trust or Trust Instrument for Business Entity Trustee Minn. Stat. Section 501B.57 is now posted on the site (UCB 90.1.4). In addition, non-substantive tweaks were made to the Quit Claim Deed Reserving Lien in Marriage Dissolution (Divorce) Judgment and Decree (UCB 10.3.7), Certificate of Trust for Business Entity Trustee Minn. Stat.  Section 501B.56 (UCB 90.1.2), and Affidavit of Trustee Regarding Testamentary Trust Minn. Stat. Section 501B.57 (UCB 90.1.5).(...)
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Minnesota’s TODD legislation provides that a “Grantor Owner” may execute and record a TODD which then transfers title to the grantee upon the death of the Grantor Owner. Title is not marketable, however, until the grantee records certain documents, including a Certificate of Clearance showing that the property is free from medical assistance claims and liens. To promote a quicker turnaround from the county, a practitioner may submit a partially-completed Clearance Certificate along with the application. County personnel then complete the Certificate and return it, so it can be recorded.(...)
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Effective immediately, the Probate/Mental Health Division of the Fourth Judicial District Court will be uniformly enforcing Minnesota Statute 481.02, Subd. 5. This statute requires corporations appearing before the Court to be represented by an attorney.

Section 481.02, subd. 5, which Warns also provided in part in her notice, states that:

It shall be unlawful for any corporation, appearing as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, or other representative, to do the legal work in any action, probate proceeding or other proceeding in any court in this state, except through a licensed attorney at law of Minnesota maintaining the attorney’s own place of business and not an officer or employee of such executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, or representative.

Warns directed any questions about the new policy to Steve Bittick, Court Operations Manager,  who can be reached at (612) 348-4107.

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Ultimately, though, at our prompting and after Julian Zweber kindly requested a contact list from DHS, we received one from them directly, and it is currently (though temporarily) housed here.  We are thankful to Julian and to the DHS folks, namely Dale Klitzke and Greg Lulic, each of whom apparently went out of their way to update this list, knowing that it would be helpful to attorneys and the legal community.

That said, we plan to add this to the new practicelaw, which rolls out in mid to late July (stay tuned, we hope you will like it and may ask a small group of you to help us test it out soon). We will enhance the directory so that it is also more easily searched and indexed, making it quick to hone in on exactly the information you need.

Again, thanks to Julian, Dale, Greg, Nancy Hupp and Leslie Matton-Flynn at the MSBA, and all of you who volunteered information. Hope this is useful, and stay tuned as we enhance its future usability.

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