{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-501c.0202","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 501C.0202","heading":"SUBJECT MATTER OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.","body":"A judicial proceeding, whether filed by petition under the district court's in rem or in personam jurisdiction, involving a trust may relate to one or more of the following matters:\n(1) to confirm an action taken by a trustee;\n(2) upon the filing of an account, to settle and allow the account;\n(3) to determine the persons having an interest in the income or principal of the trust and the nature and extent of their interests;\n(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;\n(5) to approve payment of the trustee's, attorney, or accountant fees, or any other fees to be charged against the trust;\n(6) to confirm the appointment of a trustee;\n(7) to accept a trustee's resignation and discharge the trustee from the trust as provided in section 501C.0705;\n(8) to require a trustee to account;\n(9) to remove a trustee as provided in section 501C.0706;\n(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;\n(11) to appoint an additional trustee or special fiduciary whether or not a vacancy in trusteeship exists as provided in section 501C.0704;\n(12) to confirm an act taken by a person with respect to a trust while there was no acting trustee or otherwise in compliance with section 501C.0701;\n(13) to subject a trust to or remove a trust from continuing court supervision under section 501C.0205;\n(14) to mortgage, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of real property held by the trustee notwithstanding any contrary provision of the trust instrument;\n(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;\n(16) to secure compliance with the provisions of sections 501B.33 to 501B.45, in accordance with section 501B.41, relating to charitable trusts;\n(17) to determine the validity of a disclaimer under sections 524.2-1101 to 524.2-1116;\n(18) to transfer the trust's principal place of administration as provided in section 501C.0108;\n(19) to redress a breach of trust;\n(20) to terminate a trust;\n(21) to divide a trust or to merge two or more trusts as provided in section 501C.0417;\n(22) to approve a nonjudicial settlement as provided in section 501C.0111;\n(23) to approve, modify, or object to a proposed trust decanting as provided in section 502.851; or\n(24) to instruct the trustee regarding any matter involving the trust's administration or the discharge of the trustee's duties, including a request for instructions and an action to declare rights.","path":["PROPERTY AND PROPERTY INTERESTS","CHAPTER 501C. TRUSTS","JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/501C.0202","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:48Z","sha256":"c61d06aa1d4dbd9d5d3c1b7180493a5895c9192abbca8fe383b800a29236ceb1","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-501c.0201","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-501c.0203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}