Section 501C.0202 - SUBJECT MATTER OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGSA 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:
(1) to confirm an action taken by a trustee;(2) upon the 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, attorney, or accountant 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 as provided in section 501C.0705;(8) to require a trustee to account;(9) to remove a trustee as provided in section 501C.0706;(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 appoint an additional trustee or special fiduciary whether or not a vacancy in trusteeship exists as provided in section 501C.0704;(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;(13) to subject a trust to or remove a trust from continuing court supervision under section 501C.0205;(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, relating to charitable trusts;(17) to determine the validity of a disclaimer under sections 524.2-1101 to 524.2-1116;(18) to transfer the trust's principal place of administration as provided in section 501C.0108;(19) to redress a breach of trust;(20) to terminate a trust;(21) to divide a trust or to merge two or more trusts as provided in section 501C.0417;(22) to approve a nonjudicial settlement as provided in section 501C.0111;(23) to approve, modify, or object to a proposed trust decanting as provided in section 502.851; or(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.Amended by 2024 Minn. Laws, ch. 87,s 1, eff. 8/1/2024, app. retroactively from January 1, 2016.Added by 2015 Minn. Laws, ch. 5,s 2-2, eff. 1/1/2016.