1997 Minnesota Statutes

     525.6155 Testamentary appointment of guardian of minor. 

    The parent of a minor may appoint by will a guardian of an 
 unmarried minor.  Subject to the right of the minor under 
 section 525.616, a testamentary appointment becomes effective 
 upon filing the guardian's acceptance in the court in which the 
 will is probated, if before acceptance, both parents are dead or 
 the surviving parent is adjudged incapacitated.  If both parents 
 are dead, an effective appointment by the parent who died later 
 has priority.  This state recognizes a testamentary appointment 
 effected by filing the guardian's acceptance under a will 
 probated in another state which is the testator's domicile.  
 Upon acceptance of appointment, written notice of acceptance 
 must be given within five days by the guardian to the minor, to 
 the person having the minor's care, to the minor's adult 
 siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles.  Notice shall state 
 that any person interested in the welfare of the minor, or the 
 minor, if 14 or more years of age, may file with the court a 
 written objection to the appointment in accordance with section 
 525.616. 

    HIST: 1980 c 493 s 27; 1986 c 444