reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MN Stat § 257.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.58 — Limitation Of Actions; Exceptions.

257.58 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS; EXCEPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Actions for children without a presumed father. Except as otherwise provided in section 259.52, an action to determine the existence of the father and child relationship as to a child who has no presumed father under section 257.55 is not barred until one year after the child reaches the age of majority. Subd. 2. Heirship. Section 257.57 and this section do not extend the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by law relating to distribution and closing of decedents' estates or to the determination of heirship, or otherwise. History:  1980 c 589 s 8; 1983 c 308 s 5; 1985 c 131 s 5; 1997 c 218 s 6
MN Stat § 257.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.59 — Jurisdiction; Venue.

257.59 JURISDICTION; VENUE. Subdivision 1. Court jurisdiction. The district court has jurisdiction of an action brought under sections 257.51 to 257.74. The action may be joined with an action for dissolution, annulment, legal separation, custody under chapter 518, or reciprocal enforcement of support. Subd. 2. Acquisition of personal jurisdiction. In addition to any other method provided by rule or statute, personal jurisdiction may be acquired by service in accordance with section 543.19. Subd. 3. Venue. The action may be brought in the county in which the child or the defendant resides or is found or, if the defendant is deceased, in which proceedings for probate of the defendant's estate have been or could be commenced. History:  1980 c 589 s 9; 1983 c 308 s 6; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 37; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 257.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.60 — Parties.

257.60 PARTIES. The child may be made a party to the action. If the child is a minor and is made a party, a general guardian or a guardian ad litem shall be appointed by the court to represent the child. The child's mother or father may not represent the child as guardian or otherwise. The biological mother, each man presumed to be the father under section 257.55, and each man alleged to be the biological father, shall be made parties or, if not subject to the jurisdiction of the court, shall be given notice of the action in a manner prescribed by the court and shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The public agency responsible for support enforcement is joined as a party in each case in which rights are assigned under section 256.741, and in each case in which the public agency is providing services pursuant to an application for child support services. A person who may bring an action under section 257.57 may be made a party to the action. The court may align the parties. The child shall be made a party whenever: (1) the child is a minor and the case involves a compromise under section 257.64, subdivision 1, or a lump-sum payment under section 257.66, subdivision 4, in which case the commissioner of human services shall also be made a party subject to Department of Human Services rules relating to paternity suit settlements; or (2) the child is a minor and the action is to declare the nonexistence of the father and child relationship; or (3) an action to declare the existence of the father and child relationship is brought by a man presumed to be the father under section 257.55, or a man who alleges to be the father, and the mother of the child denies the existence of the father and child relationship. History:  1980 c 589 s 10; 1983 c 308 s 7; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 47; 1994 c 529 s 18; 1995 c 257 art 4 s 6; 1999 c 159 s 109
MN Stat § 257.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.61 — Pretrial Proceedings.

257.61 PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS. As soon as practicable, after an action to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship has been brought, a pretrial hearing shall be held in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure. The public shall be barred from the hearing. A record of the proceeding or any portion thereof shall be kept if any party requests, or the court so orders. History:   1980 c 589 s 11
MN Stat § 257.63 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.63 — Evidence Relating To Paternity.

257.63 EVIDENCE RELATING TO PATERNITY. Subdivision 1. Included evidence. Evidence relating to paternity may include: (1) evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception; (2) an expert's opinion concerning the statistical probability of the alleged father's paternity based upon the duration of the mother's pregnancy; (3) genetic and blood test results, weighed in accordance with evidence, if available, of the statistical probability of the alleged father's paternity; (4) medical or anthropological evidence relating to the alleged father's paternity of the child based on tests performed by experts. If a man has been identified as a possible father of the child, the court may, and upon request of a party shall, require the child, the mother, and the man to submit to appropriate tests; and (5) all other evidence relevant to the issue of paternity of the child. Subd. 2. Compelled testimony. Upon refusal of a witness, including a party, to testify under oath or produce evidence, the court may order the party to testify under oath and produce evidence concerning all relevant facts. No testimony or other information compelled under the order, or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information, may be used against the witness in any criminal case, except for perjury committed in the testimony. The refusal of a witness, who has been granted immunity, to obey an order to testify or produce evidence is subject to the sanctions within the jurisdiction of the court. Subd. 3. Medical privilege. Testimony of a physician or advanced practice registered nurse concerning the medical circumstances of the pregnancy itself and the condition and characteristics of the child upon birth is not privileged. History:  1980 c 589 s 13; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 49; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 135
MN Stat § 257.64 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.64 — Pretrial Orders And Recommendations.

257.64 PRETRIAL ORDERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Subdivision 1. Permissible orders and recommendations. On the basis of the information produced at the pretrial hearing, including information as to the financial status of the parties, the court may: (a) recommend that the alleged father voluntarily acknowledge his paternity of the child if the parties have agreed on a financial settlement; or (b) recommend that the matter be compromised by an agreement among the alleged father, the mother, and the child, in which the father and child relationship is not determined but in which a defined economic obligation is undertaken by the alleged father in favor of the child and, if appropriate, in favor of the mother, subject to approval by the court. In reviewing the obligation undertaken by the alleged father in a compromise agreement, the court shall consider the best interest of the child, in the light of the applicable factors enumerated in section 518.17, subdivision 3, discounted by the improbability, as it appears to the court, of establishing the alleged father's paternity or nonpaternity of the child in a trial of the action. In the best interest of the child, the court may order that the alleged father's identity be kept confidential. In that case, the court may designate a person or agency to receive from the alleged father and disburse on behalf of the child all amounts paid by the alleged father in fulfillment of obligations imposed on him. The child, on reaching 21 years of age or older, may petition the court to disclose the alleged father's identity. The court shall grant the petition if after considering the interests of all known persons involved, the court determines that disclosure of the information would be of greater benefit than nondisclosure. Subd. 2. Agreement with recommendations. If the parties accept a recommendation made in accordance with subdivision 1, judgment shall be entered accordingly. The court shall advise all parties that pretrial recommendations are not binding and will have no effect if the recommendation is disregarded and the matter is set for trial. Subd. 3. Refusal to agree with recommendations. If a party refuses to accept a recommendation made under subdivision 1 and blood or genetic tests have not been taken, the court shall require the parties to submit to blood or genetic tests. If a party refuses to accept the final recommendation the action shall be set for trial. Subd. 4. Guardian ad litem. The guardian ad litem may accept or refuse to accept a recommendation under this section. Subd. 5. Setting action for trial. The informal hearing may be terminated and the action set for trial if the court finds it unlikely that all parties would accept a recommendation made under subdivision 1 or 3. History:  1980 c 589 s 14; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 26; 1983 c 308 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 207 art 10 s 12; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 2
MN Stat § 257.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.65 — Civil Action.

257.65 CIVIL ACTION. An action under sections 257.51 to 257.74 is a civil action governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. The mother of the child and the alleged father are competent to testify and may be compelled to testify. Sections 257.62 and 257.63 apply to proceedings under this section. History:   1980 c 589 s 15
MN Stat § 257.651 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.651 — Default Order Of Parentage.

257.651 DEFAULT ORDER OF PARENTAGE. In an action to determine the existence of the father and child relationship under sections 257.51 to 257.74, if the alleged father fails to appear at a hearing after service duly made and proved, the court shall enter a default judgment or order of paternity. History:   1995 c 257 art 4 s 7
MN Stat § 257.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.67 — Enforcement Of Judgment Or Order.

257.67 ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT OR ORDER. Subdivision 1. Who may enforce; determinations from other states. If existence of the parent and child relationship is declared, or parentage or a duty of support has been acknowledged or adjudicated under sections 257.51 to 257.74 or under prior law, the obligation of the noncustodial parent may be enforced in the same or other proceedings by the custodial parent, the child, the public authority that has furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement, education, support, or funeral, or by any other person, including a private agency, to the extent that person has furnished or is furnishing these expenses. Full faith and credit shall be given to a determination of paternity made by another state, whether established through voluntary acknowledgment or through administrative or judicial processes. Subd. 2. Payees. The court may order support payments to be made to the custodial parent, the court administrator, or a person, corporation, or agency designated to administer them for the benefit of the child under the supervision of the court. Subd. 3. Contempt of court. Willful failure to obey the judgment or order of the court is a contempt of the court. All remedies for the enforcement of judgments apply including those available under chapters 518 and 518C. History:  1980 c 589 s 17; 1985 c 248 s 41; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 340 s 16; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 32; 1995 c 257 art 4 s 8
MN Stat § 257.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.68 — Modification Of Judgment Or Order.

257.68 MODIFICATION OF JUDGMENT OR ORDER. A court entering a judgment or order for the payment of a lump sum under section 257.66, subdivision 4, may specify that the judgment or order may not be modified or revoked. History:   1980 c 589 s 18
MN Stat § 257.69 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.69 — Right To Counsel; Costs; Free Transcript On Appeal.

257.69 RIGHT TO COUNSEL; COSTS; FREE TRANSCRIPT ON APPEAL. Subdivision 1. Representation by counsel. In all proceedings under sections 257.51 to 257.74, any party may be represented by counsel. The county attorney shall represent the public authority. In proceedings under sections 257.51 to 257.74, the court shall appoint counsel for a party who would be financially unable to obtain counsel under the guidelines set forth in section 611.17. The representation of appointed counsel is limited in scope to the issue of establishment of parentage. Subd. 2. Guardian ad litem; legal fees. (a) The court may order expert witness and guardian ad litem fees and other costs of the trial and pretrial proceedings, including appropriate tests, to be paid by the parties in proportions and at times determined by the court. The court shall require a party to pay part of the fees of court-appointed counsel according to the party's ability to pay, but if counsel has been appointed the appropriate agency shall pay the party's proportion of all other fees and costs. The agency responsible for child support enforcement shall pay the fees and costs for blood or genetic tests in a proceeding in which it is a party, is the real party in interest, or is acting on behalf of the child. However, at the close of a proceeding in which paternity has been established under sections 257.51 to 257.74, the court shall order the adjudicated father to reimburse the public agency, if the court finds he has sufficient resources to pay the costs of the blood or genetic tests. When a party bringing an action is represented by the county attorney, no filing fee shall be paid to the court administrator. (b) In each fiscal year, the commissioner of management and budget shall deposit guardian ad litem reimbursements in the special revenue fund and credit them to a separate account with the State Guardian Ad Litem Board. The balance of this account is appropriated to the State Guardian Ad Litem Board and does not cancel but is available until expended. Revenue from this account must be spent in the judicial district in which the reimbursement is collected. Subd. 3. Inability to pay for transcript. If a party is financially unable to pay the cost of a transcript, the court shall furnish on request a transcript for purposes of appeal. History:  1980 c 589 s 19; 1983 c 308 s 13; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1995 c 207 art 10 s 13,14; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 21; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2010 c 309 s 1; 1Sp2010 c 1 art 14 s 9; 2012 c 212 s 2
MN Stat § 257.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.70 — Hearings And Records; Confidentiality.

257.70 HEARINGS AND RECORDS; CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records, any hearing or trial held under sections 257.51 to 257.74 shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than those necessary to the action or proceeding. All papers and records, other than the final judgment, pertaining to the action or proceeding, whether part of the permanent record of the court or of a file in the state Department of Human Services or elsewhere, are subject to inspection only upon consent of the court and all interested persons, or in exceptional cases only upon an order of the court for good cause shown. (b) In all actions under this chapter in which public assistance is assigned under section 256.741 or the public authority provides services to a party or parties to the action, the public authority shall not release private data on the location of a party to the action or the joint child if: (1) the public authority has knowledge that one party is currently subject to a protective order with respect to the other party or the joint child, and the protected party or guardian of the joint child has not authorized disclosure; or (2) the public authority has reason to believe that the release of the information may result in physical or emotional harm to a party or the joint child. History:  1980 c 589 s 20; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 25; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 5 s 65
MN Stat § 257.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.71 — Action To Declare Mother And Child Relationship.

257.71 ACTION TO DECLARE MOTHER AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP. A child, the father or personal representative of the child, the public authority chargeable by law with the support of the child, the personal representative or a parent of the father if the father has died, a woman alleged or alleging herself to be the mother, or the personal representative or a parent of the alleged mother if the alleged mother has died or is a minor may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship. Insofar as practicable, the provisions of sections 257.51 to 257.74 applicable to the father and child relationship apply. History:   1980 c 589 s 21
MN Stat § 257.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.72 — Promise To Render Support.

257.72 PROMISE TO RENDER SUPPORT. Subdivision 1. No consideration required. A person's signed promise to furnish support for a child, growing out of a supposed or alleged parent and child relationship, does not require consideration and is enforceable according to its terms, subject to section 257.57, subdivision 4. Subd. 2. Confidentiality. In the best interest of the child or the custodial parent, the court may, and if a provision of the writing so requires shall, order the promise to be kept in confidence and designate a person or agency to receive and disburse on behalf of the child all amounts paid in performance of the promise. History:   1980 c 589 s 22
MN Stat § 257.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.73 — Birth Records.

257.73 BIRTH RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Replacement birth record. Upon compliance with the provisions of section 257.55, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 257.75, or upon order of a court of this state or upon request of a court of another state, the state registrar of vital records shall prepare a replacement record of birth consistent with the acknowledgment or the findings of the court and shall substitute the replacement certificate for the original record of birth. Subd. 2. Information contained. The fact that the father and child relationship was declared after the child's birth shall not be ascertainable from the replacement certificate but the actual place and date of birth shall be shown. Subd. 3. Confidentiality. The evidence upon which the replacement record was made and the original birth record shall be kept in a sealed and confidential file and be subject to inspection only upon consent of the court and all interested persons, or in exceptional cases only upon an order of the court for good cause shown. History:  1980 c 589 s 23; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 38; 1997 c 205 s 31; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32; 2014 c 275 art 1 s 85; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 257.74 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy|Section 257.74 — Adoption; Termination Proceedings.

257.74 ADOPTION; TERMINATION PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. Notification of father. If a mother relinquishes or proposes to relinquish for adoption a child who has: (1) a presumed father under section 257.55, subdivision 1; (2) a father whose relationship to the child has been determined by a court or established under section 257.75; or (3) a father as to whom the child is a legitimate child under prior law of this state or under the law of another jurisdiction, the father shall be given notice of the adoption proceeding as provided in section 259.49. Subd. 2. No father. If a mother relinquishes or proposes to relinquish for adoption a child who does not have: (1) a presumed father under section 257.55, subdivision 1; (2) a father whose relationship to the child has been determined by a court; or (3) a father as to whom the child is a legitimate child under prior law of this state or under the law of another jurisdiction, notice of the adoption proceeding shall be given as required by section 259.49. History:  1980 c 589 s 24; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 39; 1994 c 631 s 31; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 61
MN Stat § 257B.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257B — Standby Custodian; Designation; Guardian|Section 257B.02 — Application Of Other Law; Construction.

257B.02 APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW; CONSTRUCTION. Chapters 257 and 518 and sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502 apply to standby custodians, temporary custodians, co-custodians, custodians, and alternates unless otherwise specified in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to deprive a parent of any parental rights or responsibilities. A designator does not lose any custodial rights by the appointment of a standby or temporary custodian. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to relieve any parent of a duty to support the parent's children. A preexisting child support order is not suspended or terminated during the time a child is cared for by a standby or temporary custodian, unless otherwise provided by court order. A standby custodian or temporary custodian has a cause of action for child support against an absent parent under section 256.87, subdivision 5. History:  2000 c 404 s 3; 2004 c 146 art 3 s 27
MN Stat § 257B.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 257B — Standby Custodian; Designation; Guardian|Section 257B.03 — Designator.

257B.03 DESIGNATOR. (a) A parent with legal and physical custody or a legal custodian may designate a standby or temporary custodian by means of a written designation unless the child has another legal parent: (1) whose parental rights have not been terminated; (2) whose whereabouts are known; and (3) who is willing and able to make and carry out the daily custodial care and make decisions concerning the child. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a parent or legal custodian may designate a standby or temporary custodian with the consent of the other parent, or as provided by section 257B.05, subdivision 6. (c) A legal custodian pursuant to a designation of temporary custodianship may not designate a different temporary custodian. History:   2000 c 404 s 4