Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 78-H.F.No. 544 
                  An act relating to courts; requiring the state court 
                  administrator to prepare a guide to informal probate. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [INFORMAL PROBATE.] 
           The state court administrator in consultation with the 
        conference of chief judges shall prepare a guide to the law on 
        informal probate.  Master copies of the guide shall be 
        distributed to the court administrators in every county in the 
        state to be given to members of the public upon request.  The 
        court administrator may impose a charge for each copy of the 
        guide equal to the cost of copying it, to be placed in the 
        county general fund.  In the eighth judicial district, the money 
        must be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited in the 
        general fund.  The guide must be prepared and available for 
        distribution by January 1, 1996. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 20, 1995 
           Signed by the governor April 21, 1995, 1:40 p.m.