In 1982, a Minnesota farmer wrote a will leaving his 300-acre farm to his son after his wife's lifetime; a different 1989 will later emerged, and a 2026 appeals court reversed the reopening of his estate
- A Minnesota inheritance dispute over a 300-acre farm has taken another turn after an appeals court reversed a lower court's decision to reopen a deceased farmer's estate, years after a second will surfaced.
- In a September 8, 2026, ruling, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that a court's failure to meet a statutory requirement for medical-assistance claims clearance did not deprive it of the authority to decide the estate case.
- The decision restored the legal standing of a 2017 property decree that had been set aside, according to the court's published opinion in In re the Estate of Clarence
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- A Minnesota inheritance dispute over a 300-acre farm has taken another turn after an appeals court reversed a lower court's decision to reopen a deceased farmer's estate, years after a second will surfaced.
- In a September 8, 2026, ruling, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that a court's failure to meet a statutory requirement for medical-assistance claims clearance did not deprive it of the authority to decide the estate case.
- The decision restored the legal standing of a 2017 property decree that had been set aside, according to the court's published opinion in In re the Estate of Clarence
Sources: Times of India