Minnesota Will Safekeeping
Minnesota Will Safekeeping
Minnesota Will Safekeeping – Filing with the Court
An original Will may be deposited with the court for Minnesota Will safekeeping.
During the Will maker’s lifetime, a Will deposited with the court for Minnesota Will safekeeping may be released by the court only:
- to the Will maker, or
- to someone authorized in a writing signed by the Will maker to receive the Will.
Upon receiving notice of the Will maker’s death in another county, the court holding an original Will for Minnesota Will safekeeping may deliver it to the court in such other county.
Minnesota Will Safekeeping – Non-judicial Storage Location
If an original Will is not deposited with the court for safekeeping, it should be kept in a fireproof safe, either at the Will maker’s home, or at a Safe Deposit Box company.
In the past, the attorney drafting a Minnesota Will often kept the original Will in a fireproof safe in the attorney’s office.
However, given the current nature of the legal profession, such a practice is no longer common.
Minnesota Will Safekeeping – Upon Death
Upon the death of a Will maker and a request by a person having a need for a Will to be filed with the probate court after the death of the Will maker, anyone having possession of the Last Will and Testament must deliver it promptly to the appropriate court for Minnesota Will safekeeping.
The intentional failure to deliver a Will to the appropriate court may subject the possessor of the Last Will and Testament:
- to liability to any person who sustains a loss as a result of such failure, and
- to a contempt of court citation.
Minnesota Will Safekeeping – Conclusion
Please contact Minnesota Attorney Gary C. Dahle for assistance with proper Minnesota Will Safekeeping, or the preparation, or probate, of any Minnesota Will.
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Gary C. Dahle – Attorney at Law
2704 Mounds View Blvd., Mounds View, MN 55112
Phone: 763-780-8390 Fax: 763-780-1735
Minnesota Probate Law Topics
- Ancillary Probate in Minnesota
- Minnesota Conservatorships for Adults
- Minnesota Conservatorships for Minors
- Minnesota Guardianships for Adults
- Minnesota Guardianships for Minors
- Minnesota Powers of Attorney
- Minnesota Delegation of Parental Rights
- Minnesota Probate Avoidance
- Minnesota Trusts – revocable and life insurance trusts
Minnesota Estate Planning
- Minnesota antenuptial agreements
- Minnesota premarital agreements
- Minnesota Elder Law
- Minnesota Estate Planning – estate and gift tax concerns, qualified plan and IRA distributions,
- Minnesota Pet Estate Planning
Minnesota Real Estate Law
- Minnesota Mobile Homes / Manufactured Homes
- Minnesota Real Estate commercial transactions
- Minnesota Real Estate residential transactions
- Minnesota Contracts for Deed
- Minnesota Transfer on Death Deeds
- Cabin, hunting, and recreational real estate purchase agreement, easement, title examination, and title resolution services
- Residential real estate easement, title examination, and title resolution services
- Minnesota Joint Tenancy
North Dakota Probate, Mineral Rights, and Real Estate
In addition to Minnesota Probate Law, Attorney Gary C. Dahle also provides services with respect to North Dakota probate law.
- North Dakota Probate
- North Dakota Ancillary Probate
- North Dakota real estate, and mineral rights issues .
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