<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>changing certain relationship and inheritance provisions; changing certain estate <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>taxation provisions; providing for emergency and temporary conservators;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.03, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>adding a subdivision; 501B.64, subdivision 3; 524.1-201; 524.2-114; Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 291.005, subdivision 1; 524.5-409; proposing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 524.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 289A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Return required.</b> In the case of a decedent who has an interest in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>property with a situs in Minnesota, the personal representative must submit a Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>estate tax return to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(1) a federal estate tax return is required to be filed; or<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(2) the federal gross estate exceeds $700,000 for estates of decedents dying after <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004; $850,000 for estates of decedents dying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2005; $950,000 for estates of decedents <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>dying after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2006; and $1,000,000 for estates of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>decedents dying after December 31, 2005.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>The return must contain a computation of the Minnesota estate tax due. The return <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>must be signed by the personal representative.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>December 31, 2005.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 291.005, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, the following <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue or any person to whom the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>commissioner has delegated functions under this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>    (2) "Federal gross estate" means the gross estate of a decedent as required to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>be valued and otherwise determined for federal estate tax purposes by federal taxing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>authorities pursuant to the provisions of under the Internal Revenue Code.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>    (3) "Internal Revenue Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>1986, as amended through March 31, 2009, but without regard to the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>sections 501 and 901 of Public Law 107-16.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>    (4) "Minnesota adjusted taxable estate" means federal adjusted taxable estate as <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>defined by section 2011(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, increased by the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>deduction for state death taxes allowed under section 2058 of the Internal Revenue Code.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>    (5) "Minnesota gross estate" means the federal gross estate of a decedent after (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>excluding therefrom any property included therein which has its situs outside Minnesota, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>and (b) including therein any property omitted from the federal gross estate which is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>includable therein, has its situs in Minnesota, and was not disclosed to federal taxing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>authorities.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>    (6) "Nonresident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>death was not in Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>    (7) "Personal representative" means the executor, administrator or other person <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>appointed by the court to administer and dispose of the property of the decedent. If there <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>is no executor, administrator or other person appointed, qualified, and acting within this <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>state, then any person in actual or constructive possession of any property having a situs in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>this state which is included in the federal gross estate of the decedent shall be deemed <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>to be a personal representative to the extent of the property and the Minnesota estate tax <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>due with respect to the property.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>    (8) "Resident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of death <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>was in Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>    (9) "Situs of property" means, with respect to real property, the state or country in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>which it is located; with respect to tangible personal property, the state or country in which <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>it was normally kept or located at the time of the decedent's death; and with respect to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>intangible personal property, the state or country in which the decedent was domiciled <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>at death.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>and applies regardless of when the decedent died.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 291.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>Qualified terminable interest property.</b> For estates of decedents dying <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, if no federal estate tax return is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>filed the executor may make a qualified terminable interest property election, as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>in section 2056(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of computing the tax <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>under this chapter. The election may not reduce the taxable estate under this chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>below $3,500,000. The election must be made on the tax return under this chapter and is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>irrevocable. All tax under this chapter must be determined using the qualified terminable <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>interest property election made on the Minnesota return. For purposes of applying <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>sections 2044 and 2207A of the Internal Revenue Code when computing the tax under <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>this chapter for the estate of the decedent's surviving spouse, regardless of the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>death of the surviving spouse, amounts for which a qualified terminable interest property <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>election has been made under this section must be treated as though a valid federal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>qualified terminable interest property election under section 2056(b)(7) of the Internal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>Revenue Code has been made.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>December 31, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 501B.64, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Regulated investment company; real estate investment trust.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>Distributions made from ordinary income by a regulated investment company or by a trust <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>qualifying and electing to be taxed under federal law as a real estate investment trust are <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>income. All other distributions made by the company or trust, including distributions from <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>short-term or long-term capital gains, depreciation, or depletion, whether in the form of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>cash or an option to take new stock or cash or an option to purchase additional shares, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>are principal.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 524.1-201, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var><b>524.1-201 GENERAL DEFINITIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>Subject to additional definitions contained in the subsequent articles which are <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>applicable to specific articles or parts, and unless the context otherwise requires, in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>chapters 524 and 525:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>(1) "Adoptee" means an individual who is adopted.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>(2) "Application" means a written request to the registrar for an order of informal <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>probate or appointment under article III, part 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>(3) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>intercourse.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>(4) "Beneficiary," as it relates to trust beneficiaries, includes a person who has any <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>present or future interest, vested or contingent, and also includes the owner of an interest <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>by assignment or other transfer and as it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>entitled to enforce the trust.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>(5) "Birth mother" means a woman who gives birth to a child, including a woman <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>who is the child's genetic mother and including a woman who gives birth to a child of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>assisted reproduction. "Birth mother" does not include a woman who gives birth pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>to a gestational agreement.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>(6) "Child" includes any individual entitled to take as a child under law by intestate <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes any person who is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>only a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>(6) (7) "Child of assisted reproduction" means a child conceived by means of assisted <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>reproduction by a woman other than a child conceived pursuant to a gestational agreement.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(8) "Claims" includes liabilities of the decedent whether arising in contract <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>or otherwise and liabilities of the estate which arise after the death of the decedent <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>including funeral expenses and expenses of administration. The term does not include <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>taxes, demands or disputes regarding title of a decedent to specific assets alleged to be <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>included in the estate, tort claims, foreclosure of mechanic's liens, or to actions pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>573.02</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(7) (9) "Court" means the court or branch having jurisdiction in matters relating to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>the affairs of decedents. This court in this state is known as the district court.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(8) (10) "Conservator" means a person who is appointed by a court to manage the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>estate of a protected person.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(9) (11) "Descendant" of an individual means all of the individual's descendants <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>determined by the definition of child and parent contained in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(10) (12) "Devise," when used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of real <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>or personal property and when used as a verb, means to dispose of real or personal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>property by will.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>(11) (13) "Devisee" means any person designated in a will to receive a devise. In the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>case of a devise to an existing trust or trustee, or to a trustee on trust described by will, the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>trust or trustee is the devisee and the beneficiaries are not devisees.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>(12) (14) "Disability" means cause for appointment of a conservator as described in <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>section 
         <statute_ref>524.5-401</statute_ref>, or a protective order as described in section 
         <statute_ref>524.5-412</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>(13) (15) "Distributee" means any person who has received or who will receive <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>property of a decedent from the decedent's personal representative other than as a creditor <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>or purchaser. A testamentary trustee is a distributee with respect to property which the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>trustee has received from a personal representative only to the extent of distributed assets <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>or their increment remaining in the trustee's hands. A beneficiary of a testamentary trust <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>to whom the trustee has distributed property received from a personal representative is a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>distributee of the personal representative. For purposes of this provision, "testamentary <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>trustee" includes a trustee to whom assets are transferred by will, to the extent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>devised assets.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>(14) (16) "Divorce" includes an annulment, dissolution, and declaration of invalidity <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>of marriage.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>(17) "Estate" includes all of the property of the decedent, trust, or other person <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>whose affairs are subject to this chapter as originally constituted and as it exists from <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>time to time during administration.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>(16) (18) "Fiduciary" includes personal representative, guardian, conservator and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>trustee.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>(17) (19) "Foreign personal representative" means a personal representative of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>another jurisdiction.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>(18) (20) "Formal proceedings" means those conducted before a judge with notice to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>interested persons.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(20) (21) "Functioned as a parent of the child" means behaving toward a child in <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>a manner consistent with being the child's parent and performing functions that are <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>customarily performed by a parent, including fulfilling parental responsibilities toward the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>child, recognizing or holding out the child as the individual's child, materially participating <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>in the child's upbringing, and residing with the child in the same household as a regular <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>member of that household.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>(22) "Genetic father" means the man whose sperm fertilized the egg of a child's <br/>
<a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var>genetic mother. If the father-child relationship is established under the presumption <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>of paternity under chapter 257, "genetic father" means only the man for whom that <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>relationship is established.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>(23) "Genetic mother" means the woman whose egg was fertilized by the sperm <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>of a child's genetic father.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>(24) "Genetic parent" means a child's genetic father or genetic mother.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>(25) "Gestational agreement" means an agreement for assisted reproduction in which <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>a woman agrees to carry a child to birth for an intended parent or intended parents.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>(26) "Guardian" means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment, but excludes one <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>who is merely a guardian ad litem.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>(21) (27) "Heirs" means those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>(22) (28) "Incapacitated person" is as described in section 
         <statute_ref>524.5-102, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>other than a minor.  <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>(23) (29) "Incapacity" when used in sections 524.2-114 to 524.2-120 means the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>inability of an individual to function as a parent of a child because of the individual's <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>physical or mental condition.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>(30) "Informal proceedings" means those conducted by the judge, the registrar, or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>the person or persons designated by the judge for probate of a will or appointment of a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>personal representative in accordance with sections 
         <statute_ref>524.3-301</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.3-311</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>(24) (31) "Intended parent" means an individual who entered into a gestational <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>agreement providing that the individual will be the parent of a child born to a woman by <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>means of assisted reproduction, including an individual who has a genetic relationship <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>with the child.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>(32) "Interested person" includes heirs, devisees, children, spouses, creditors, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>beneficiaries and any others having a property right in or claim against the estate of a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>decedent, ward or protected person which may be affected by the proceeding. It also <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>includes persons having priority for appointment as personal representative, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>fiduciaries representing interested persons. The meaning as it relates to particular persons <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>may vary from time to time and must be determined according to the particular purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>of, and matter involved in, any proceeding.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>(27) (33) "Lease" includes an oil, gas, or other mineral lease.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>(28) (34) "Letters" includes letters testamentary, letters of guardianship, letters of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>administration, and letters of conservatorship.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>(30) (35) "Mortgage" means any conveyance, agreement or arrangement in which <br/>
<a id="pl.6.36"></a><var>6.36</var>property is used as security.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>(31) (36) "Nonresident decedent" means a decedent who was domiciled in another <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>jurisdiction at the time of death.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>(32) (37) "Organization" includes a corporation, government or governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal entity.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>(35) (38) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, an organization, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>legal entity.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>(36) (39) "Personal representative" includes executor, administrator, successor <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>same function under the law governing their status. "General personal representative" <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>excludes special administrator.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>(37) (40) "Petition" means a written request to the court for an order after notice.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>(38) (41) "Proceeding" includes action at law and suit in equity.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>(39) (42) "Property" includes both real and personal property or any interest therein <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>and means anything that may be the subject of ownership.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>(40) (43) "Protected person" is as described in section 
         <statute_ref>524.5-102, subdivision 14</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>(42) (44) "Registrar" refers to the judge of the court or the person designated by the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>court to perform the functions of registrar as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>524.1-307</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>(43) (45) "Relative" means a grandparent or a descendant of a grandparent.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>(46) "Security" includes any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas or mining title <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, collateral trust <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>certificate, transferable share, voting trust certificate or, in general, any interest or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>any temporary or interim certificate, receipt or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>(44) (47) "Settlement," in reference to a decedent's estate, includes the full process <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>of administration, distribution and closing.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>(45) (48) "Special administrator" means a personal representative as described by <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>524.3-614</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.3-618</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>(46) (49) "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>authority of the United States.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>(47) (50) "Successor personal representative" means a personal representative, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>other than a special administrator, who is appointed to succeed a previously appointed <br/>
<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var>personal representative.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>(48) (51) "Successors" means those persons, other than creditors, who are entitled to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>property of a decedent under the decedent's will, this chapter or chapter 525. "Successors" <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>also means a funeral director or county government that provides the funeral and burial of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>the decedent, or a state or county agency with a claim authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>256B.15</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>(49) (52) "Supervised administration" refers to the proceedings described in sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>524.3-501
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.3-505</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>(51) (53) "Testacy proceeding" means a proceeding to establish a will or determine <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>intestacy.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>(53) (54) "Third-party donor" means an individual who produces eggs or sperm used <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>for assisted reproduction, whether or not for consideration. The term does not include:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>(i) a husband who provides sperm, or a wife who provides eggs, that are used for <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>assisted reproduction by the wife;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>(ii) the birth mother of a child of assisted reproduction; or<br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>(iii) a man who has been determined under section 524.2-120, subdivision 4 or 5, to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>have a parent-child relationship with a child of assisted reproduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>(55) "Trust" includes any express trust, private or charitable, with additions <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>thereto, wherever and however created. It also includes a trust created or determined <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>by judgment or decree under which the trust is to be administered in the manner of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>an express trust. "Trust" excludes other constructive trusts, and it excludes resulting <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>trusts, conservatorships, personal representatives, trust accounts as defined in chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>528, custodial arrangements pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>149A.97</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>318.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>318.06</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>527.21</statute_ref> to <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>527.44
         </statute_ref>, business trusts providing for certificates to be issued to beneficiaries, common <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>trust funds, voting trusts, security arrangements, liquidation trusts, and trusts for the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>primary purpose of paying debts, dividends, interest, salaries, wages, profits, pensions, or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>employee benefits of any kind, and any arrangement under which a person is nominee <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>or escrowee for another.  <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>(54) (56) "Trustee" includes an original, additional, or successor trustee, whether <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>or not appointed or confirmed by court.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>(55) (57) "Ward" is as described in section 
         <statute_ref>524.5-102, subdivision 17</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>(56) (58) "Will" includes codicil and any testamentary instrument which merely <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>appoints an executor or revokes or revises another will.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 524.2-114, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var><b>524.2-114 </b><b>MEANING OF CHILD AND RELATED TERMS</b><b> PARENT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var><b>BARRED FROM INHERITING IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    If, for purposes of intestate succession, a relationship of parent and child must be <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>established to determine succession by, through, or from a person:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>    (1) An adopted child is the child of an adopting parent and not of the birth parents <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>except that adoption of a child by the spouse of a birth parent has no effect on the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>relationship between the child and that birth parent. If a parent dies and a child is <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>subsequently adopted by a stepparent who is the spouse of a surviving parent, any rights <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>of inheritance of the child or the child's descendant from or through the deceased parent <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>of the child which exist at the time of the death of that parent shall not be affected by <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>the adoption.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>    (2) In cases not covered by clause (1), a person is the child of the person's parents <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>regardless of the marital status of the parents and the parent and child relationship may be <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>established under the Parentage Act, sections 
<statute_ref>257.51</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>257.74</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>(a) A parent is barred from inheriting from or through a child of the parent if:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>(1) the parent's parental rights were terminated and the parent-child relationship <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>was not judicially reestablished; or<br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>(2) the child died before reaching 18 years of age and there is clear and convincing <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>evidence that immediately before the child's death the parental rights of the parent <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>could have been terminated under law of this state other than this chapter on the basis <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>of nonsupport, abandonment, abuse, neglect, or other actions or inactions of the parent <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>toward the child.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>(b) For the purpose of intestate succession from or through the deceased child, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>a parent who is barred from inheriting under this section is treated as if the parent <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>predeceased the child.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>    Sec. 7. <b>[524.2-116] EFFECT OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>Except as otherwise provided in section 524.2-119, subdivisions 2 to 5, if a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>parent-child relationship exists or is established under this part, the parent is a parent of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>the child and the child is a child of the parent for the purpose of intestate succession.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>    Sec. 8. <b>[524.2-117] PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP WITH GENETIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var><b>PARENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>Except as otherwise provided in section 524.2-114, 524.2-119, or 524.2-120, a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>parent-child relationship exists between a child and the child's genetic parents, regardless <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>of the parents' marital status.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>    Sec. 9. <b>[524.2-118] ADOPTEE AND ADOPTEE'S ADOPTIVE PARENT OR </b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var><b>PARENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b><b>Parent-child relationship between adoptee and adoptive parent </b></b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var><b><b>or parents.</b></b> A parent-child relationship exists between an adoptee and the adoptee's <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>adoptive parent or parents.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b><b>Individual in process of being adopted by married couple; stepchild in </b></b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var><b><b>process of being adopted by stepparent.</b></b> For purposes of subdivision 1:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>(1) an individual who is in the process of being adopted by a married couple when <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>one of the spouses dies is treated as adopted by the deceased spouse if the adoption is <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>subsequently granted to the decedent's surviving spouse; and<br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>(2) a child of a genetic parent who is in the process of being adopted by a genetic <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>parent's spouse when the spouse dies is treated as adopted by the deceased spouse if the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>genetic parent survives the deceased spouse by 120 hours.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>    Subd. 3. <b><b>Child of assisted reproduction in process of being adopted.</b></b> If, after <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>a parent-child relationship is established between a child of assisted reproduction and a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>parent under section 524.2-120, the child is in the process of being adopted by the parent's <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>spouse when that spouse dies, the child is treated as adopted by the deceased spouse for <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>the purpose of subdivision 2, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b><b>In the process of adoption.</b></b> An individual is "in the process of being <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>adopted" if there exists clear and convincing evidence of the intention of the deceased <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>spouse to adopt that individual.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>    Sec. 10. <b>[524.2-119] ADOPTEE AND ADOPTEE'S GENETIC PARENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>    Subdivision 1. <b><b>Parent-child relationship between adoptee and genetic parents.</b></b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions 2 to 5, unless otherwise decreed, a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>parent-child relationship does not exist between an adoptee and the adoptee's genetic <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>parents.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b><b>Stepchild adopted by stepparent.</b></b> A parent-child relationship exists <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>between an individual who is adopted by the spouse of either genetic parent and the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>genetic parent whose spouse adopted the individual. No parent-child relationship exists <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>between an individual and the other genetic parent unless the other genetic parent was <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>deceased at the time of the child's adoption and then only for the purpose of the right of the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>adoptee or a descendant of the adoptee to inherit from or through that other genetic parent.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>    Subd. 3. <b><b>Individual adopted by relative of genetic parent.</b></b> A parent-child <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>relationship exists between both genetic parents and an individual who is adopted by a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>relative of a genetic parent, or by the spouse or surviving spouse of a relative of a genetic <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>parent, but only for the purpose of the right of the adoptee or a descendant of the adoptee <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>to inherit from or through either genetic parent.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b><b>Individual adopted after death of both genetic parents.</b></b> A parent-child <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>relationship exists between both genetic parents and an individual who is adopted after <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>the death of both genetic parents, but only for the purpose of the right of the adoptee or a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>descendant of the adoptee to inherit through either genetic parent.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>    Subd. 5. <b><b>Child of assisted reproduction who is subsequently adopted.</b></b>  If, after <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>a parent-child relationship is established between a child of assisted reproduction and a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>parent or parents under section 524.2-120, the child is adopted by another or others, the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>child's parent or parents under section 524.2-120 are treated as the child's genetic parent <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>or parents for the purpose of this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>    Sec. 11. <b>[524.2-120] CHILD CONCEIVED BY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b><b>Third-party donor.</b></b> A parent-child relationship does not exist <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>between a child of assisted reproduction and a third-party donor.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b><b>Parent-child relationship with birth mother.</b></b> A parent-child relationship <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>exists between a child of assisted reproduction and the child's birth mother.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>    Subd. 3. <b><b>Parent-child relationship with husband whose sperm were used during </b></b><br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var><b><b>his lifetime by his wife for assisted reproduction.</b></b> Except as otherwise provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>subdivision 9, a parent-child relationship exists between a child of assisted reproduction <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>and the husband of the child's birth mother if the husband provided the sperm that the birth <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>mother used during his lifetime for assisted reproduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>    Subd. 4. <b><b>Official birth record; presumptive effect.</b></b> An official birth record <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>identifying a man as the other parent of a child of assisted reproduction presumptively <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>establishes a parent-child relationship between the child and that man.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>    Subd. 5. <b><b>Parent-child relationship with another.</b></b> Except as otherwise provided <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>in subdivisions 6, 8, and 9, and unless a parent-child relationship is established under <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>subdivision 4, a parent-child relationship is presumed to exist between a child of assisted <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>reproduction and a man who consented to assisted reproduction by the birth mother with <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>intent to be treated as the other parent of the child. Consent to assisted reproduction by <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>the birth mother with intent to be treated as the other parent of the child is established if <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>the man:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>(1) before or after the child's birth, signed a record that, considering all the facts and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>circumstances, evidences the man's consent; or<br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>(2) in the absence of a signed record under clause (1):<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(i) functioned as the other parent of the child no later than two years after the child's <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>birth; or<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>(ii) intended to function as the other parent of the child no later than two years after <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>the child's birth but was prevented from carrying out that intent by death, incapacity, or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>other circumstances, if that intent is established by clear and convincing evidence.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>    Subd. 6. <b><b>Record signed more than two years after the birth of the child: effect.</b></b><br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>For the purpose of subdivision 5, clause (1), neither a man who signed a record more than <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>two years after the birth of the child, nor a relative of that man who is not also a relative of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>the birth mother, inherits from or through the child unless the man functioned as a parent <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>of the child before the child reached 18 years of age.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>    Subd. 7. <b><b>Presumption; birth mother is married or surviving spouse.</b></b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>Paragraphs (b) and (c) apply to subdivision 5, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>(b) If the birth mother is married and no divorce proceeding is pending, in the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, her spouse satisfies subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>5, clause (2), item (i) or (ii).<br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>(c) If the birth mother is a surviving spouse and at her deceased spouse's death no <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>divorce proceeding was pending, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>contrary, her deceased spouse satisfies subdivision 5, clause (2), item (ii).<br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>    Subd. 8. <b><b>Divorce before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.</b></b> If a married <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>couple is divorced before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, a child resulting from <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>the assisted reproduction is not a child of the birth mother's former spouse, unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>former spouse consented in a record or such consent is established by clear and convincing <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>evidence that if assisted reproduction were to occur after divorce, the child would be <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>treated as the former spouse's child.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>    Subd. 9. <b><b>Withdrawal of consent before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.</b></b><br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>If, in a record or through clear and convincing evidence, a man withdraws consent to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>assisted reproduction before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, a child resulting from <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>the assisted reproduction is not a child of that man, unless the man subsequently satisfies <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>subdivision 4 or 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>    Subd. 10. <b><b>Exclusion of posthumously conceived children.</b></b> Notwithstanding any <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>other provision of this section and subject to section 524.2-108, a parent-child relationship <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>does not exist between a child of assisted reproduction and another person unless the child <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>of assisted reproduction is in gestation prior to the death of such person.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>    Sec. 12. <b>[524.2-121] NO EFFECT ON GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>This chapter does not affect law of this state regarding gestational agreements.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    Sec. 13. <b>[524.2-122] NO EFFECT ON EQUITABLE ADOPTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>This chapter does not affect the doctrine of equitable adoption.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>    Sec. 14. <b>[524.2-712] DECEDENTS DYING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2009, AND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var><b>BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2011; FORMULA CLAUSES TO BE CONSTRUED TO </b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var><b>REFER TO FEDERAL ESTATE TAX AND FEDERAL GENERATION-SKIPPING </b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var><b>TRANSFER TAX LAWS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>(a) A governing instrument, including a will or trust agreement, of a decedent who <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>dies after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, that contains a formula or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>provision referring to the "unified credit," "estate tax exemption," "applicable exemption <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>amount," "applicable credit amount," "applicable exclusion amount," "generation-skipping <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>transfer tax exemption," "GST exemption," "marital deduction," "maximum marital <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>deduction," "unlimited marital deduction," "inclusion ratio," "applicable fraction," or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>any section of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the federal estate tax or federal <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>generation-skipping transfer tax, or that measures a share of an estate or trust by reference <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>to federal estate taxes or federal generation-skipping transfer taxes, is deemed to refer to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>the federal estate tax and federal generation-skipping transfer tax laws as they applied with <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>respect to the estates of decedents dying on December 31, 2009. This paragraph does not <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>apply to a governing instrument, including a will or trust agreement, that manifests an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>intent that a contrary rule will apply if the decedent dies on a date on which there is no <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>then-applicable federal estate or federal generation-skipping transfer tax.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>(b) If the federal estate or federal generation-skipping transfer tax becomes effective <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>before January 1, 2011, then the reference to January 1, 2011, in paragraph (a) is deemed <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>to refer to the first date on which this tax becomes legally effective, instead of January 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>(c) The personal representative, trustee, or any interested person under the governing <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>instrument, including a will or trust agreement, may bring a proceeding to determine <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>whether the decedent intended that a formula or provision described in paragraph (a) be <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>construed with respect to the law as it existed after December 31, 2009. This proceeding <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>must be commenced by December 31, 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactive to January 1, 2010.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.15.0"></a><a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 524.5-409, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var><b>524.5-409 FINDINGS; ORDER OF APPOINTMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Limited or unlimited conservator.</b> (a) The court may appoint a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>limited or unlimited conservator for a respondent only if it finds that:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>(1) by clear and convincing evidence, the individual is unable to manage property <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>and business affairs because of an impairment in the ability to receive and evaluate <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>information or make decisions, even with the use of appropriate technological assistance, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>or because the individual is missing, detained, or unable to return to the United States;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>(2) by a preponderance of evidence, the individual has property that will be wasted <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>or dissipated unless management is provided or money is needed for the support, care, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>education, health, and welfare of the individual or of individuals who are entitled to the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>individual's support and that protection is necessary or desirable to obtain or provide <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>money; and<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(3) the respondent's identified needs cannot be met by less restrictive means, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>including use of appropriate technological assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>(b) Alternatively, the court, with appropriate findings, may enter any other <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>appropriate order, or dismiss the proceeding.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>(c) The court, whenever feasible, shall grant to a conservator only those powers <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>necessitated by the protected person's limitations and demonstrated needs and make <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>appointive and other orders that will encourage the development of the protected person's <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>maximum self-reliance and independence.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>(d) Within 14 days after an appointment, the conservator shall send or deliver to the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>protected person, if the protected person has attained 14 years of age and is not missing, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>detained, or unable to return to the United States, and counsel if represented at the hearing, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>a copy of the order of appointment accompanied by a notice which advises the protected <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>person of the right to appeal the conservatorship appointment in the time and manner <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>provided by the Rules of Appellate Procedure.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>(e) Each year, within 30 days after the anniversary date of an appointment, a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>conservator shall send or deliver to the protected person and to interested persons of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>record with the court a notice of the right to request termination or modification of the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>conservatorship or for any order that is in the best interests of the protected person or for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>other appropriate relief.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>(f) The appointment of a conservator or the entry of another protective order is not a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>determination of incapacity of the protected person.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Emergency and temporary conservator.</b> (a) If the court finds that <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>compliance with the procedures of this article will likely result in the immediate loss, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>waste, or dissipation of the individual's assets or income unless management is provided, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>or money is needed for the support, care, education, health, and welfare of the individual or <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>of individuals who are entitled to the individual's support and that protection is necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>or desirable to obtain or provide money, and that no other person appears to have authority <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>and willingness to act in the circumstances, the court, on petition by a person interested in <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>the respondent's welfare, may appoint an emergency conservator whose authority may not <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>exceed 60 days and who may exercise only the powers specified in the order. A county <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>that is acting under section 626.557, subdivision 10, by petitioning for appointment of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>an emergency conservator on behalf of a vulnerable adult may be granted authority to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>act for a period not to exceed 90 days. Immediately upon receipt of the petition for an <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>emergency conservatorship, the court shall appoint a lawyer to represent the respondent <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>in the proceeding. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), reasonable notice of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>the time and place of a hearing on the petition must be given to the respondent and any <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>other persons as the court directs.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>(b) An emergency conservator may be appointed without notice to the respondent <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>and the respondent's lawyer only if the court finds from affidavit or other sworn testimony <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>that the respondent will be substantially harmed before a hearing on the appointment <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>can be held. If the court appoints an emergency conservator without notice to the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>respondent, the respondent must be given notice of the appointment within 48 hours after <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>the appointment. The court shall hold a hearing on the appropriateness of the appointment <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>within five days after the appointment.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>(c) Appointment of an emergency conservator, with or without notice, is not a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>determination of the respondent's incapacity.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>(d) The court may remove an emergency conservator at any time. An emergency <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>conservator shall make any report the court requires. In other respects, the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>this article concerning conservators apply to an emergency conservator.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>(e) If the court finds that a conservator is not effectively performing the conservator's <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>duties and that the security and preservation of the protected person's assets requires <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>immediate action, the court may appoint a temporary substitute conservator for the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>protected person for a specified period not exceeding six months. Except as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>ordered by the court, a temporary substitute conservator so appointed has the powers set <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>forth in the previous order of appointment. The authority of any unlimited or limited <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>conservator previously appointed by the court is suspended as long as a temporary <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>substitute conservator has authority. If an appointment is made without previous notice to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>the protected person or the affected conservator within five days after the appointment, the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>court shall inform the protected person or conservator of the appointment.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>(f) The court may remove a temporary substitute conservator at any time. A <br/>
<a id="pl.15.36"></a><var>15.36</var>temporary substitute conservator shall make any report the court requires. In other <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>respects, the provisions of this article concerning conservators apply to a temporary <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>substitute conservator.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.16.0"></a><a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>    Sec. 16. <b>[RENUMBERING INSTRUCTION.]</b><br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>The revisor of statutes shall renumber section 524.2-115 as 524.2-123 in the next <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.17.0"></a><a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>    Sec. 17. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>Sections 4 and 15 are effective the day following final enactment. Sections 5 to 13 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>are effective August 1, 2010, and apply to the rights of successors of decedents dying on <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>or after August 1, 2010, and to any instruments executed before August 1, 2010, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>there is a clear indication of contrary intent in the instrument.<br/>