What’s new? In short, the updated forms include the Annual Notice of Right to Petition, Personal Well-Being Report, Annual/Final Account, and Petition for Appointment. Some of the modifications were made to include key elements from the Informational Statement form. The following chart sets out the forms and corresponding form numbers that have been updated.

In addition to updating practicelaw and mndocs forms to reflect the August 1 legislative updates, practicelaw staff also made minor editorial changes to forms in the Affidavit of Service and the Acceptance of Appointment series.

Finally, check out our most recent post for information on other Minnesota legislation that became effective on August 1.

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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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Spring is a busy time. How does one complete and file a tax return, caddie for Tiger in the Master’s, throw out the first pitch on the Twin’s opening day and run the Boston Marathon?

Create time, that is. Work smart and utilize the excellent work of a diligent group of probate practitioners and practicelaw staff, who’ve spent the winter months preparing the second phase of practicelaw’s “core set” of probate forms.

Since rolling out the original set of forms, we’ve received kudos and several requests for additional forms. We kept track of those requests and polled practitioners to determine other forms to develop. Thus the new set includes claims-related forms, forms for successor personal representatives, and a long-awaited set of forms related to petitions for decrees of descent.

As with the first set, we evaluated forms used in Minnesota and other jurisdictions to determine what worked best, and we wrangled with statutory requirements, wording, format and style. The result? Well-designed, drafted and vetted probate forms to assist Minnesota probate practitioners in serving their clients in a competent, cost-efficient manner.

We will post all 42 new forms, in groups, starting today and continuing each Monday into June. In the end, the core set of forms will nearly double to 86. And by the time you’ve watched your horse win the Kentucky Derby, joined the Governor at the Minnesota Fishing Opener and crewed the pit stop at the Indy 500, the new forms will also be included in mndocs, the MSBA’s document assembly system.

So get out there and enjoy spring. But wait, before April and National Poetry Month ends, we announce the new forms with a little more flair (and our deepest apologies to Edgar Allan Poe):

Once upon a midnight dreary, while you pondered weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious section of the UPC
While you nodded, nearly roasting, suddenly there came a hosting
As of some one gently posting, posting to your work PC
‘Tis practicelaw’ you muttered, ‘hosting probate forms for me’

Happy Spring!

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