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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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524.3-720 EXPENSES IN ESTATE LITIGATION.
Any personal representative or person nominated as personal representative who defends
or prosecutes any proceeding in good faith, whether successful or not, or any interested person
who successfully opposes the allowance of a will, is entitled to receive from the estate necessary
expenses and disbursements including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred. When after demand the
personal representative refuses to prosecute or pursue a claim or asset of the estate or a claim is
made against the personal representative on behalf of the estate and any interested person shall
then by a separate attorney prosecute or pursue and recover such fund or asset for the benefit of
the estate, or when, and to the extent that, the services of an attorney for any interested person
contribute to the benefit of the estate, as such, as distinguished from the personal benefit of such
person, such attorney shall be paid such compensation from the estate as the court shall deem just
and reasonable and commensurate with the benefit to the estate from the recovery so made or
from such services.
History: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524.3-720; 1975 c 347 s 57; 1986 c 444
Any personal representative or person nominated as personal representative who defends
or prosecutes any proceeding in good faith, whether successful or not, or any interested person
who successfully opposes the allowance of a will, is entitled to receive from the estate necessary
expenses and disbursements including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred. When after demand the
personal representative refuses to prosecute or pursue a claim or asset of the estate or a claim is
made against the personal representative on behalf of the estate and any interested person shall
then by a separate attorney prosecute or pursue and recover such fund or asset for the benefit of
the estate, or when, and to the extent that, the services of an attorney for any interested person
contribute to the benefit of the estate, as such, as distinguished from the personal benefit of such
person, such attorney shall be paid such compensation from the estate as the court shall deem just
and reasonable and commensurate with the benefit to the estate from the recovery so made or
from such services.
History: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524.3-720; 1975 c 347 s 57; 1986 c 444
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