MINNEAPOLIS
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
8:55 AM - 3:45 PM | Check-In: 1:30 PM
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
600 Nicollet Mall # 370
3rd Floor, City Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Learn about Guardianship and Conservatorship Law from the Experts!
The Minnesota Guardianship and Conservatorship Law Seminar will provide practitioners with a comprehensive overview of how to navigate guardianships and conservatorships, including annual filings, audits, selling real estate, less restrictive alternatives, contested hearings, and how to proceed in forma pauperis. The experienced faculty will share their unique insight into this area of law, with a special focus on helpful practice tips and comprehensive coverage of how to successfully represent individuals in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings.
SPECIAL BONUS FOR ATTENDEES:
All attendees will receive a copy of Minnesota CLE's Minnesota Guardianship and Conservatorship Law Handbook with eFormbook. This Handbook is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide available on the subject! It includes 15 chapters covering all aspects of guardianship and conservatorship law, newly updated to cover the recent legislative changes. The Handbook includes an accompanying eFormbook with more than 150 guardianship and conservatorship forms, drafted by the Editor and currently in use by the Minnesota Judicial Branch. The forms are available to download and ready to use. The Handbook also includes detailed appendices to assist practitioners, including statutory language; a sample client intake form; sample health care directive, adult advanced psychiatric directive, and short form power of attorney; and 11 procedural checklists to help ensure practitioners do not miss a step in the detailed processes of guardianship and conservatorship practice! In addition, the Handbook is filled with practice tips, examples, and citations to primary and secondary sources of the law for further research.
8:30 – 8:55 a.m.
CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:55 – 9:00 a.m.
Introduction by the Editor
– Robert McLeod
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Annual Filings
Learn what must be filed each year in a guardianship and conservatorship and why.
– Jessica Timmington Lindstrom
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
CAAP-CARP Audits
Get an inside view and gain understanding regarding the CAAP, CARP, and MMG audit and filing process.
– Jamie Majerus & Heather Scheuerman
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
BREAK
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Selling Real Estate Out of a Conservatorship
Understand the basic process of how to sell real estate out of a conservatorship.
– Robert McLeod
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Creative Solutions and Less Restrictive Alternatives to Guardianship and Conservatorship
An overview on how to achieve less restrictive alternatives and creative ways to resolve guardianship and conservatorship matters.
– Megan C. Kelly, Spencer C. Butts & Ret. Judge Elizabeth V. Cutter
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH BREAK (on your own)
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
In Forma Pauperis
Understand the IFP process and how to get paid timely.
– Mary Szondy
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Contested Hearings
Learn the process and what to expect when a matter becomes litigated.
– Susie King & Mary Szondy
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
BREAK
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Practice Tips from Experienced Practitioners
The seminar faculty will return to provide attendees with helpful insights, gained over years of practice, to address common issues arising in guardianships and conservatorship proceedings and administration.
– Seminar Faculty
LIVE IN-PERSON
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 370
Seventh Street & Nicollet Mall, Third Floor City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ONLINE REPLAY
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Attend online
A moderator will be available to answer questions by email.
$295 MSBA members / $295 paralegals / $345 standard rate
Other discounts that may apply:
Scholarships available!
Need-based scholarships are available for in-person and online seminars. For further information or to obtain a scholarship application, contact us at 800-759-8840 or customerservice@minncle.org.
Minnesota CLE is applying to the Minnesota State Board of CLE for 5.5 standard CLE credits. The maximum number of total credits attendees may claim for this program is 5.5 credits.
