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Legal Topics: Wills and Probate
Statutes and Rules: (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
Minnesota Statutes, index topics for Descent and Distribution, Wills and Probate.
The Minnesota General Rules of Practice contain the probate rules in Title V.
Resources, Minnesota:
Dakota County Probate Court (First District.)
Estates, from the Second District (Ramsey County) courts. An excellent introduction to probate.
General Probate Information, from the Fourth District (Hennepin County) courts. Includes a discussion of the rules on depositing a will with the court, both before and after the Testator's death.
Last Will and Testaments, from the Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project.
Minnesota Estate Administration Deskbook, 4th ed. (Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 2012) Reserve Room KFM5547 .M5 2012. This book does an excellent job of outlining the estate administration process including the duties and responsibilities of a personal representative. It is available in the State Law Library and in county law libraries around the state.
Probate and Planning, from the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.
Probate Dictionary, from the Fourth District (Hennepin County) courts.
Probate/Wills/Estates, from the Self-Help Center. Includes forms.
Settling the vehicle and driver’s license records of a deceased family member, from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services Division.
Uniform Conveyancing Blanks, forms from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Includes personal representatives' deeds.
Who inherits when there is no will?
Intestate Succession is found in Article 2 of the Uniform Probate Code, Chapter 524 in Minnesota Statutes.
Intestate Succession is also a subheading under the topic of Descent and Distribution in Minnesota Statutes
For more context and explanation, see Part I, Intestate Succession, of the article on Decedents' Estates in Dunnell Minnesota Digest, Minnesota's legal encyclopedia. Dunnell's is available in the State Law Library and in county law libraries around the state.
Contesting a will.
Chapter 6, Minnesota Estate Administration Deskbook, 3rd ed. (Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 2007) Reserve Room KFM5547 .M5 2007.
Dunnell Minnesota Digest article on Decedents' Estates, section 7.05. Dunnell's is available in the State Law Library and in county law libraries around the state.
Grounds for Challenging a Will, from Nolo. (General information; not specific to Minnesota.)
Resources, general:
Books on Wills, Trusts and Probate for Non-Lawyers are available in the Law Library, county law libraries and many public libraries.
Estate Planning Center, from FindLaw.
Wills, from Nolo.
Wills, Trusts & Estates, from Nolo.
Related Topics: Genealogy
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