2000 Minnesota Code
Chapters 500 - 515B Property Interests and Liens
Chapter 501B Trusts
Section 501B.16 Petition for court order.

501B.16 Petition for court order.

A trustee of an express trust by will or other written instrument or a person interested in the trust may petition the district court for an order:

(1) to confirm an action taken by a trustee;

(2) upon filing of an account, to settle and allow the account;

(3) to determine the persons having an interest in the income or principal of the trust and the nature and extent of their interests;

(4) to construe, interpret, or reform the terms of a trust, or authorize a deviation from the terms of a trust, including a proceeding involving section 501B.31;

(5) to approve payment of the trustee's fees, attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, or any other fees to be charged against the trust;

(6) to confirm the appointment of a trustee;

(7) to accept a trustee's resignation and discharge the trustee from the trust;

(8) to require a trustee to account;

(9) to remove a trustee for cause;

(10) to appoint a successor trustee when required by the terms of the trust instrument or when by reason of death, resignation, removal, or other cause there is no acting trustee;

(11) to confirm an act performed in execution of the trust by a person while there was no acting trustee;

(12) to subject a trust to continuing court supervision under section 501B.23;

(13) to remove a trust from continuing court supervision under section 501B.23;

(14) to mortgage, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of real property held by the trustee notwithstanding any contrary provision of the trust instrument;

(15) to suspend the powers and duties of a trustee in military service or war service in accordance with section 525.95 and to order further action authorized in that section;

(16) to secure compliance with the provisions of sections 501B.33 to 501B.45, in accordance with section 501B.41;

(17) to determine the validity of a disclaimer filed under section 501B.86;

(18) to change the situs of a trust;

(19) to redress a breach of trust;

(20) to terminate a trust;

(21) to divide a trust under section 501B.15;

(22) to merge two or more trusts under section 501B.15; or

(23) to instruct the trustee, beneficiaries, and any other interested parties in any matter relating to the administration of the trust and the discharge of the trustee's duties.

HIST: 1989 c 340 art 1 s 13; 1995 c 130 s 3