(a) If a person subject to conservatorship dies, the conservator shall deliver to the court for safekeeping any will of the deceased person subject to conservatorship which may have come into the conservator’s possession, inform the personal representative named in the will of the delivery, and retain the estate for delivery to a duly appointed personal representative of the decedent or other persons entitled thereto.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 524.5-428

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(b) If a personal representative has not been appointed within 90 days after the death of a person subject to conservatorship and an application or petition for appointment is not before the court, the conservator may apply or petition for appointment as personal representative in order to administer and distribute the decedent’s estate.