2001 Minnesota Statutes

     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