2006 Minnesota Statutes

524.3-502 SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION; PETITION; ORDER.
A petition for supervised administration may be filed by any interested person or by an
appointed personal representative or one named in the will at any time or the prayer for supervised
administration may be joined with a petition in a testacy or appointment proceeding. If the testacy
of the decedent and the priority and qualification of any personal representative have not been
adjudicated previously, the petition for supervised administration shall include the matters
required of a petition in a formal testacy proceeding and the notice requirements and procedures
applicable to a formal testacy proceeding apply. If not previously adjudicated, the court shall
adjudicate the testacy of the decedent and questions relating to the priority and qualifications
of the personal representative in any case involving a request for supervised administration,
even though the request for supervised administration may be denied. After notice to interested
persons, the court shall order supervised administration of a decedent's estate: (1) if the decedent's
will directs supervised administration, it shall be ordered unless the court finds that circumstances
bearing on the need for supervised administration have changed since the execution of the will
and that there is no necessity for supervised administration; (2) if the decedent's will directs
unsupervised administration, supervised administration shall be ordered only upon a finding that
it is necessary for protection of persons interested in the estate; or (3) in other cases if the court
finds that supervised administration is necessary under the circumstances.
History: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524.3-502; 1975 c 347 s 44