Serves Stearns County from its Saint Cloud office, which offers personal estate planning, business and succession planning, and tax advising. The firm's Private Client Services group administers estates and trusts and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in disputes over will and trust validity, fiduciary duties, undue influence, and removal of a trustee.
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Serves Stearns County and clients across the Upper Midwest from St. Cloud. Handles estate litigation arising from will contests and disputes over trust administration, and drafts wills, trusts, health care directives, powers of attorney, guardianships, and conservatorships. Many of its estate clients own farms and large businesses, and its planning covers business succession and farm land trusts.
Serves Stearns County and Central Minnesota from St. Cloud. Handles probate and estate administration and litigates probate and trust disputes, including challenges to wills and deeds for lack of capacity or undue influence and disputes over a personal representative's management of an estate. Planning covers wills, trusts, estate-tax minimization, and business succession.
Probate in Stearns County
Probate Court Record
Stearns County District Court
Stearns County · Seventh Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Office
725 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, MN 56303
Website
E-filing
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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In Minnesota, a will is signed before 2Minn. Stat. § 524.2-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyMinn. Stat. § 524.2-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
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How Much Does Probate Cost?
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Minnesota costs an estimated $26,108Minn. Stat. § 525.515 (just and reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage; review under § 524.3-721)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees run 1.9%Modeled estimate under Minn. Stat. § 525.515 (just and reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage; review under § 524.3-721): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.1%Modeled estimate under Minn. Stat. § 525.515 (just and reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage; review under § 524.3-721): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
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Who Inherits Without a Will?
Without a will in Minnesota, a surviving spouse takes the entire estateMinn. Stat. § 524.2-102Verified Oct 21, 2026View source when every child of either spouse is a child of both, and descendants divide what passes to them per stirpesMinn. Stat. § 524.2-106Verified Oct 21, 2026View source.
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In Minnesota, creditors have 4 monthsMinn. Stat. § 524.3-803Verified Sep 8, 2026View source from first publication of the creditor notice to present claims; late claims are barred.
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How Do I Settle an Estate?
Settling an estate in Minnesota: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 180 daysMinn. Stat. §§ 524.3-706, 524.3-708Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 4 monthsMinn. Stat. §§ 524.3-801, 524.3-803, 524.3-805, 524.3-806Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.
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Minnesota pays executors reasonable compensationMinn. Stat. § 524.3-719 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, typically 2.2%Estimated from the 16 state statutes that set an executor fee schedule (median and interquartile range at this estate value)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.8%Estimated from the 16 state statutes that set an executor fee schedule (median and interquartile range at this estate value)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate.
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