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MN Stat § 518A.69 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.69 — Payment Agreements.

518A.69 PAYMENT AGREEMENTS. In proposing or approving proposed written payment agreements for purposes of this chapter, the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority shall take into consideration the amount of the arrearages, the amount of the current support order, any pending request for modification, and the earnings of the obligor. The court, child support magistrate, or public authority shall consider the individual financial circumstances of each obligor in evaluating the obligor's ability to pay any proposed payment agreement and shall propose a reasonable payment agreement tailored to the individual financial circumstances of each obligor. The court, child support magistrate, or public authority also shall consider a graduated payment plan tailored to the individual financial circumstances of each obligor. History:  1995 c 257 art 1 s 27; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 25; 1999 c 196 art 2 s 12; 2002 c 344 s 17; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.70 — Data On Suspensions For Support Arrears.

518A.70 DATA ON SUSPENSIONS FOR SUPPORT ARREARS. Notwithstanding section 13.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), data on an occupational license suspension under section 518A.66 or a driver's license suspension under section 518A.65 that are transferred by the Department of Human Services to respectively the Department of Public Safety or any state, county, or municipal occupational licensing agency must have the same classification at the Department of Public Safety or other receiving agency under section 13.02 as other license suspension data held by the receiving agency. The transfer of the data does not affect the classification of the data in the hands of the Department of Human Services. History:   1971 c 961 s 21; 1974 c 107 s 20; 1977 c 282 s 29; 1978 c 772 s 50; 1979 c 259 s 25; 1981 c 349 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 46; 3Sp1981 c 3 s 19; 1982 c 488 s 4,5; 1983 c 308 s 16-20; 1984 c 547 s 18,19; 1985 c 131 s 7; 1986 c 406 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80; 1988 c 593 s 8; 1988 c 668 s 17,18; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72; 1990 c 574 s 18; 1991 c 266 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54; 1993 c 34 s 1; 1993 c 322 s 12; 1993 c 340 s 32-38; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10; 1995 c 186 s 94; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 136; 1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 8; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 37; 2001 c 51 s 13,14; 2001 c 134 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 1; 2002 c 344 s 13-16; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6; 2005 c 116 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 7,8,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 15,16,22; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 3
MN Stat § 518A.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.71 — Security; Sequestration; Contempt.

518A.71 SECURITY; SEQUESTRATION; CONTEMPT. In all cases when maintenance or support payments are ordered, the court may require sufficient security to be given for the payment of them according to the terms of the order. Upon neglect or refusal to give security, or upon failure to pay the maintenance or support, the court may sequester the obligor's personal estate and the rents and profits of real estate of the obligor, and appoint a receiver of them. The court may cause the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate to be applied according to the terms of the order. The obligor is presumed to have an income from a source sufficient to pay the maintenance or support order. A child support or maintenance order constitutes prima facie evidence that the obligor has the ability to pay the award. If the obligor disobeys the order, it is prima facie evidence of contempt. The court may cite the obligor for contempt under this section, section 518A.72, or chapter 588. History:  (8604) RL s 3593; 1969 c 1028 s 1; 1978 c 772 s 46; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 74; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 78; 1993 c 340 s 30; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 22; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.72 — Contempt Proceedings For Nonpayment Of Support.

518A.72 CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUPPORT. Subdivision 1. Grounds. If a person against whom an order or decree for support has been entered under this chapter, chapter 256, chapter 518, or a comparable law from another jurisdiction, is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments in an amount equal to or greater than three times the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments and is not in compliance with a written payment plan approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority, the person may be cited and punished by the court for contempt under section 518A.39, chapter 588, or this section. Failure to comply with a seek employment order entered under section 518A.64 is evidence of willful failure to pay support. Subd. 2. Court options. (a) If a court cites a person for contempt under this section, and the obligor lives in a county that contracts with the commissioner of human services under section 256.997, the court may order the performance of community service work up to 32 hours per week for six weeks for each finding of contempt if the obligor: (1) is able to work full time; (2) works an average of less than 32 hours per week; and (3) has actual weekly gross income averaging less than 40 times the federal minimum hourly wage under United States Code, title 29, section 206(a)(1), or is voluntarily earning less than the obligor has the ability to earn, as determined by the court. An obligor is presumed to be able to work full time. The obligor has the burden of proving inability to work full time. (b) A person ordered to do community service work under paragraph (a) may, during the six-week period, apply to the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority to be released from the community service work requirement if the person: (1) provides proof to the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority that the person is gainfully employed and submits to an order for income withholding under section 518A.53; (2) enters into a written payment plan regarding both current support and arrearages approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority; or (3) provides proof to the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority that, subsequent to entry of the order, the person's circumstances have so changed that the person is no longer able to fulfill the terms of the community service order. Subd. 3. Continuing obligations. The performance of community service work does not relieve a child support obligor of any unpaid accrued or accruing support obligation. History:  1995 c 257 art 1 s 30; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1999 c 196 art 2 s 20; 2002 c 344 s 21; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.73 — Employer Contempt.

518A.73 EMPLOYER CONTEMPT. Subdivision 1. Orders binding. Notices or orders for income withholding or medical support issued pursuant to sections 518A.41 and 518A.53 are binding on the employer, trustee, or other payor of funds after the order or notice for income withholding or enforcement of medical support has been transmitted pursuant to section 518A.53 to the employer, trustee, or payor of funds. Subd. 2. Contempt action. An obligee or the public agency responsible for child support enforcement may initiate a contempt action against an employer, trustee, or payor of funds, within the action that created the support obligation, by serving an order to show cause upon the employer, trustee, or payor of funds. The employer, trustee, or payor of funds is presumed to be in contempt: (1) if the employer, trustee, or payor of funds has intentionally failed to withhold support after receiving the order or notice for income withholding or notice of enforcement of medical support; or (2) upon presentation of pay stubs or similar documentation showing the employer, trustee, or payor of funds withheld support and demonstration that the employer, trustee, or payor of funds intentionally failed to remit support to the agency responsible for child support enforcement. Subd. 3. Liability. The employer, trustee, or payor of funds is liable to the obligee or the agency responsible for child support enforcement for any amounts required to be withheld that were not paid. The court may enter judgment against the employer, trustee, or payor of funds for support not withheld or remitted. An employer, trustee, or payor of funds found guilty of contempt shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250 as provided in chapter 588. The court may also impose other contempt sanctions authorized under chapter 588. History:  1993 c 340 s 44; 1995 c 207 art 10 s 24; 1995 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 17,18; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 46
MN Stat § 518A.735 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.735 — Enforcement Of Child Support.

518A.735 ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT. (a) A child support obligee is entitled to recover from the obligor reasonable attorney fees and other collection costs incurred to enforce a child support judgment, as provided in this section. In order to recover collection costs under this section, the arrearages must be at least $500 and must be at least 90 days past due. In addition, the arrearages must be a docketed judgment under sections 548.09 and 548.091. If the obligor pays in full the judgment rendered under section 548.091 within 20 days of receipt of notice of entry of judgment, the obligee is not entitled to recover attorney fees or collection costs under this section. (b) Written notice must be provided by any obligee contracting with an attorney or collection entity to enforce a child support judgment to the public authority responsible for child support enforcement, if the public authority is a party or provides services to a party, within five days of signing a contract for services and within five days of receipting any payments received on a child support judgment. Attorney fees and collection costs obtained under this section are considered child support and entitled to the applicable remedies for collection and enforcement of child support. (c) The obligee shall serve notice of the obligee's intent to recover attorney fees and collections costs by certified or registered mail on the obligor at the obligor's last known address. The notice must include an itemization of the attorney fees and collection costs being sought by the obligee and inform the obligor that the fees and costs will become an additional judgment for child support unless the obligor requests a hearing on the reasonableness of the fees and costs or to contest the child support judgment on grounds limited to mistake of fact within 20 days of mailing of the notice. (d) If the obligor requests a hearing, the only issues to be determined by the court are whether the attorney fees or collection costs were reasonably incurred by the obligee for the enforcement of a child support judgment against the obligor or the validity of the child support judgment on grounds limited to mistake of fact. The fees and costs may not exceed 30 percent of the arrearages. The court may modify the amount of attorney fees and costs as appropriate and shall enter judgment accordingly. (e) If the obligor fails to request a hearing within 20 days of mailing of the notice under paragraph (a), the amount of the attorney fees or collection costs requested by the obligee in the notice automatically becomes an additional judgment for child support. (f) The commissioner of human services shall prepare and make available to the court and the parties forms for use in providing for notice and requesting a hearing under this section. History:  (8593) RL s 3582; 1955 c 687 s 1; 1974 c 107 s 11; 1978 c 772 s 30; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 574 s 10; 1993 c 340 s 20; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 5; 1997 c 187 art 2 s 10; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.76 — Case Reviewer.

518A.76 CASE REVIEWER. The commissioner shall make a case reviewer available to obligors and obligees. The reviewer must be available to answer questions concerning the collection process and to review the collection activity taken. A reviewer who reasonably believes that a particular action being taken is unreasonable or unfair may make recommendations to the commissioner and the applicable county in regard to the collection action. History:  1997 c 245 art 1 s 27; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.77 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.77 — Guidelines Review.

518A.77 GUIDELINES REVIEW. No later than 2006 and every four years after that, the Department of Human Services must conduct a review of the child support guidelines. History:  2005 c 164 s 19,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.78 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.78 — Worksheet.

518A.78 WORKSHEET. The commissioner of human services must create and publish a worksheet to assist in calculating child support under this chapter. The worksheet must not impose substantive requirements other than requirements contained in this chapter. The commissioner must update the worksheet by July 1 of each year. The commissioner must make an interactive version of the worksheet available on the Department of Human Services website. History:  2005 c 164 s 27,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518C.102 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.102 — State Tribunal And Support Enforcement Agency.

518C.102 STATE TRIBUNAL AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (a) A court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child are tribunals of this state. (b) The Department of Human Services and county enforcement agencies are the support enforcement agencies of this state. History:  1994 c 630 art 1 s 2; 2014 c 189 s 2,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.103 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.103 — Remedies Cumulative.

518C.103 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. (a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (b) This chapter does not: (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or (2) grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or parenting time in a proceeding under this chapter. History:  1994 c 630 art 1 s 3; 2014 c 189 s 3,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.105 — Application Of Chapter To Resident Of Foreign Country And Foreign Support Proceeding.

518C.105 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING. (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 518C.101 to 518C.616 and, as applicable, sections 518C.701 to 518C.713, to a support proceeding involving: (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal; or (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of sections 518C.101 to 518C.616. (c) Sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 is inconsistent with sections 518C.101 to 518C.616, sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 control. History:  2014 c 189 s 4,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.201 — Bases For Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.

518C.201 BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if: (1) the individual is personally served with a summons or comparable document within this state; (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction; (3) the individual resided with the child in this state; (4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child; (5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual; (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; (7) the individual asserted parentage of a child under sections 257.51 to 257.75; or (8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction. (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction in paragraph (a) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 518C.611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 518C.615 are met. History:  1994 c 630 art 2 s 1; 2014 c 189 s 5,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 101,119
MN Stat § 518C.202 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.202 — Duration Of Personal Jurisdiction.

518C.202 DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 518C.205, 518C.206, and 518C.211. History:  1994 c 630 art 2 s 2; 2014 c 189 s 6,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.203 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.203 — Initiating And Responding Tribunal Of This State.

518C.203 INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE. Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country. History:  1994 c 630 art 2 s 3; 2014 c 189 s 7,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.204 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.204 — Simultaneous Proceedings In Another State Or Foreign Country.

518C.204 SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS IN ANOTHER STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY. (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country; (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and (3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child. (b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if: (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state; (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and (3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child. History:  1994 c 630 art 2 s 4; 2014 c 189 s 8,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.205 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.205 — Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order.

518C.205 CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and: (1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or (2) even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order. (b) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if: (1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or (2) its order is not the controlling order. (c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state. (d) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state. (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal. History:  1994 c 630 art 2 s 5; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 51; 2012 c 216 art 5 s 4; 2014 c 189 s 9,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 102,119