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	<description>The Blog of Attorney Boyd K. Johnson</description>
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		<title>Use Tax Refunds to Get New Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many clients delay estate planning because they lack liquid funds to pay for it. Yet, right now, millions of Americans are receiving their tax refunds. There is a marketing opportunity  here for the savvy estate planning attorney. Consider this: 78% of Americans expect a tax refund. The average tax refund is over $3,000 (much more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2011/05/04/use-tax-refunds-to-get-new-business/</link>
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		<title>New Hennepin County probate referees announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hennepin County has announced the addition of two part-time probate referees to replace Bruce Kruger, who has retired. Rumors of these appointments have circulated for a while now, but the official announcement came last week (see text below). I&#8217;m not familiar with George Borer, but I do have experience with Dean Maus. Maus has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/08/09/new-hennepin-county-probate-referees-announced/</link>
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		<title>Referee Kruger is retiring from Hennepin County&#8217;s probate court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 20 years on the bench as one of Hennepin County&#8217;s probate referees, Bruce Kruger is retiring. Today, the court sent an announcement of his upcoming retirement party for attorneys and colleagues. The party is scheduled for July 30th from noon to 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 457. No RSVP is required. Earlier this year, Hennepin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/07/15/referee-kruger-is-retiring-from-hennepin-countys-probate-court/</link>
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		<title>What you need to know about Minnesota&#8217;s new estate law legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota attorneys should be aware of new probate and trust law legislation recently signed into law. I have listed the highlights of the new laws on a guest post over at the Practice Law Blawg. Additionally, in the post, I&#8217;ve listed 5 ways you can prepare for the most important (and potentially controversial) provisions of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/06/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-minnesotas-new-probate-estate-law-legislation/</link>
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		<title>Write for the Minnesota Estate Law Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want the opportunity to write for the Minnesota Estate Law Blog and have the chance to be read by the hundreds of readers who visit this blog each month? The 36th Annual Probate and Trust Law Conference put on by Minnesota CLE is coming up June 7th through the 8th. Unfortunately, I won&#8217;t be able [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/05/20/write-for-the-minnesota-estate-law-blog/</link>
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		<title>Opening available: Hennepin County Probate Referee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hennepin County has announced the need to fill two, part-time referee positions in the probate/mental-health division. Find out more and how to apply here.]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/05/14/opening-available-hennepin-county-probatereferee/</link>
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		<title>New &#8220;Probate In Common Newsletter&#8221; published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alonna Warns, one of Hennepin County&#8217;s Registrars, released today the latest issue of her newsletter, &#8220;Probate In Common.&#8221; In this issue (Vol. 7:1), she covers the following topics: Probates for Non-resident decedents Issues related to the Notice to Commissioner Dismissed Orders Common mistakes on Informal Applications If you practice probate in Hennepin County, this newsletter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/05/14/new-probate-in-common-newsletter-published/</link>
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		<title>National healthcare decision day: April 16th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota chapter of the National Healthcare Decision Day is trying to spread the word about all the events planned for April 16th. Check out the information on their website: www.mnhealthcaredecisions.info and consider getting involved.]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/04/07/national-healthcare-decision-day-april-16th/</link>
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		<title>Probate profanity: &#8220;Met his demise&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I read an email from a probate attorney recently that said something like, &#8220;The decedent met his demise on March 1, 2010.&#8221; My mouth dropped open. Met his demise? Never use that phrase&#8211; it&#8217;s like probate attorney profanity in the ears of sensitive clients. It&#8217;s one of those phrases that has such an insensitive edge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/04/07/probate-profanity-met-his-demise/</link>
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		<title>How to grow a probate practice: #5 Develop a probate attorney network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is Part 5 of the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. In this, our final post in the &#8220;How to Grow a Probate Practice&#8221; series, I want to make a simple point. Don&#8217;t be a lone-ranger probate attorney. Though the probate process is fairly routine once you learn it, every estate has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnestatelaw.com/2010/03/12/how-to-grow-a-probate-practice-5-develop-a-probate-referral-network/</link>
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