The court declined to impose a surcharge on an agent acting under a power of attorney where the document permitted the general unlimited authority to make gifts. In December 2006, Verna L. Tyreman (“decedent”) entered a... Continue Reading
In Sveen et al. v. Melin, the Supreme Court upheld the retroactive application of Minnesota’s statute on default beneficiary designation in the case of divorce. The case’s fact pattern emphasizes the importance of monitoring... Continue Reading
Estate beneficiary waived challenge to private sale of estate property by failing to appeal from order affirming sale. The estate of Sophia Krasinski, deceased, and Patricia Krasinski-Duznik cross-appealed from the order... Continue Reading
A decedent’s will expressly devised his residence to one of his sons, and the Dead Man’s Rule precluded the admissibility of contrary statements by the decedent. The court granted a motion by the devisee to exclude other... Continue Reading
When respondent created an irrevocable trust naming himself and two of his six siblings as beneficiaries and transferred decedent’s property into the trust under his power of attorney, effectively disinheriting his other... Continue Reading