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Probate & Trust Law Section Conference Manual ... - Minnesota CLE

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In the absence of TODD language that specifies that a Grantee Beneficiary<br />

must survive the Grantor Beneficiary, the anti-lapse provisions in Subd. 11<br />

will apply. If a Grantee Beneficiary who is a grandparent or lineal<br />

descendant of a grandparent of the grantor owner fails to survive the<br />

grantor owner, the issue of the deceased grantee beneficiary who survive<br />

the grantor owner take in place of the deceased grantee beneficiary. If<br />

they are all of the same degree of kinship to the deceased Grantee<br />

Beneficiary, they take equally. If they are of unequal degree, those of<br />

more remote degree take by right of representation.<br />

Authority: Minn. Stat. § 507.071, Subd. 11.<br />

If the anti-lapse subdivision applies, a probate proceeding will probably<br />

have to be commenced to identify the successor grantee beneficiaries.<br />

PRACTICE TIP: Care should be taken to avoid application of the antilapse<br />

subdivision. Better practice would be to specifically name successor<br />

beneficiaries who would be likely to survive the designated Grantee<br />

Beneficiary.<br />

If all the grantee beneficiaries and all successor beneficiaries, if any, fail to<br />

survive, and if the anti-lapse provisions in Subd. 11 do not apply, the<br />

TODD is void.<br />

Authority: Minn. Stat. § 507.071, Subd. 12.<br />

Multiple Grantee Beneficiaries:<br />

The TODD statute is less than clear regarding what happens if multiple<br />

Grantee Beneficiaries are named in the TODD. A TODD may designate<br />

multiple Grantee Beneficiaries, to take title as joint tenants, as tenants in<br />

common or in any other form of ownership or tenancy that is valud under<br />

the laws of this <strong>Minnesota</strong>.<br />

Authority: Minn. Stat. § 507.<br />

If the TODD designates that the Grantee Beneficiaries take title as joint<br />

tenants, the death of a Grantee Beneficiary prior to the death of the<br />

Grantor Beneficiary should not cause any problem. The surviving joint<br />

tenant beneficiaries will take title.<br />

If the TODD designates that the Grantee Beneficiaries take title as tenantsin-common,<br />

a probate proceeding will be required to determine who takes<br />

in place of the deceased Grantee Beneficiary.<br />

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