Never do this in a formal, supervised probate

Every probate seems like it has a thousand moving parts to keep track of and it can be easy to overlook things. But here’s one thing you definitely don’t want to overlook in a formal, supervised probate:

Never make a distribution of the probate assets to heir or devisees without a court order. See Minn. Stat. 524.3-504.

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