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.
Henson Efron, P.A. is pleased to announce that David Bradley Olsen has been selected as one of Minnesota Lawyer’s “Attorneys of the Year” for 2013. With nearly 26 years of experience, David focuses on litigation in state and federal courts, including litigation of business, commercial, intellectual property, employment, construction, products liability, toxic tort and personal…
William W. Cameron, estate, trust and probate attorney, was named Volunteer of the Month in January for his work with Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, a national non-profit organization that trains, educates, and mobilizes photographers to provide professional quality portraits to families facing the untimely death of an infant. Heather Lombardo, the Area…
Minneapolis law firm Henson Efron recently elected Jaime Driggs as shareholder, effective January 1, 2014. Driggs is part of the firm’s Family Law practice group and represents clients in cases ranging from simple, uncontested divorces to complex proceedings involving non-marital tracing, business valuation, spousal maintenance, and division of high net worth marital estates. Driggs is an…
2013 What Type of Hearing is Required When a Parent Wants to Relocate with a Child Outside of Minnesota – Alan C. Eidsnesss and Jaime Driggs (December 9, 2013) Negative Equity in Real Estate – Alan C. Eidsness and Jaime Driggs (November 11, 2013) Parenting Consultants – Lessons from the Case Law – Alan C. Eidsness and Jaime Driggs (October 14, 2013) Waiver…
Street Rehabilitation Task Force to Analyze Roadway Conditions and Rehabilitation Strategies Henson Efron announced that attorney and shareholder, Christopher J. Burns, was appointed chair of the Street Rehabilitation Task Force by the Woodbury City Council (of which Burns is a member). The mission of the Street Rehabilitation Task Force is to analyze and make recommendations…
Relocating with a Child Requirements
Alan Eidsness | Jaime Driggs | Minnesota Lawyer
The law governing out-of-state relocation of children changed in 2006 with the adoption of Minnesota’s removal statute, replacing the endangerment standard with an eight factor best interest standard and placing the burden of proof on the party seeking to relocate. Read family law attorneys Alan C. Eidsness and Jaime Driggs analysis in “What Type of Hearing…