Minnesota enacted significant revisions to its guardianship statutes in 2024 and 2025. These changes directly impact guardians – who now face greater potential personal liability – as well as individuals subject to guardianships.
Key Tax Changes Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law as President Trump penned the final required signature. The OBBBA extends several provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and includes other changes affecting the taxes of individuals and businesses. Below are summaries of selected tax law provisions.
Minnesota Adopts Changes to Trust and Estate Law, Including 500-Year Dynasty Trusts
In May 2025, substantial amendments to Minnesota’s trust and estate statutes were enacted. Some of these changes include changes to the Uniform Trust Code, the Uniform Probate Code, the Power of Appointment Act, and to modernize Minnesota’s statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. These revisions update the legal framework governing trusts and estates in Minnesota and enhance planning opportunities for multi-generation estate planning.
Christopher Burns, attorney and Chair of the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Group at Henson Efron, P.A., will share strategies for working with your professional team to develop an intelligent estate plan together with stories of those who have failed to intelligently plan and the consequences of their failures. This June 9 seminar is part…
Should I Buy or Lease a Space? Consider these X-Factors!
It’s the burning question on the mind of many entrepreneurs – should I buy or lease a building for my business? Trulia recently ranked the top 10 U.S. cities where buying currently makes more financial sense than renting, and 9 of the top 10 were in the Midwest. The survey focused on residential property, but…
Four Henson Efron attorneys were featured on the list of “Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota” in the April print edition of Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine. Attorneys were selected from the 2014 Minnesota Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists, which uses a patented multiphase selection process in which peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party…
Bruce C. Recher, business litigation attorney, represented three Minnesota residents who were minority shareholders in an Iowa family farm corporation and were awarded more than $4.2 million in a cash buyout as “fair value” of their shares by a judge of the Iowa Business Specialty Court. This was the first trial conducted by the Iowa…
Pending Family Law Legislation
Alan Eidsness | Jaime Driggs | Minnesota Lawyer
The 2015 legislative session is shaping up to be an interesting one for the family law community. Attorneys Alan C. Eidsness and Jaime Driggs cover the possible changes and impacts in Pending Family Law Legislation. “This legislative session is shaping up to be an interesting one for the family law community as several bills have been introduced covering a wide…
Litigation attorney Stuart T. Williams was appointed by the St. Louis Park Mayor and City Council to serve on the Fire Civil Service Commission. Mr. Williams also was elected president of the Commission, which is vested with the authority to regulate and supervise the employment, promotion, discharge and suspension of all sworn full-time fire positions…