A Summary of Published and Unpublished Minnesota Decisions Interpreting the Domestic Abuse Act – Minn. Stat. § 518B.01 and Harassment Restraining Orders – Minn. Stat. § 609.748

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This technical assistant packet was developed as an aid for advocates and attorneys helping immigrant battered women seeking to remove the condition from their conditional legal residency. Examined here are the different waivers available and the evidence needed in each case.

This technical assistance packet includes information about federal firearm prohibition laws.

This technical assistance packet includes information on Minnesota state firearm laws which determine who is allowed to possess a firearm.

This technical assistance packet will provide you with the requirements for how to become a notary and the responsibilities of a notary.

This technical assistance packet includes information on Minnesota court rules regarding removing a judge in criminal, civil and juvenile matters.

This technical assistance packet addresses issues of how to write a legally binding will.

This technical assistance packet describes the detailed process of petitioning for an expungement of court and arrest records in Minnesota.

This technical assistance packet describes how to file a written motion. It also provides tips to prepare for the hearing.

This technical assistance packet describes some actions a tenant can take to either explain or expunge her eviction case from her record.

This technical assistance packet summarizes the detailed process of filing an appeal of a district court’s decision. It provides general information, the steps that must be taken to file an appeal, and the deadlines for each of the steps.

This technical assistance packet explains the legal concept of personal jurisdiction as it relates to obtaining Orders for Protection in the state of Minnesota.

This technical assistance packet discusses the thirteen factors that the legal system uses to decide custody.

Este trabajo explica los trece factores que utiliza el sistema legal para decidir la custodia.

This technical assistance packet explains circumstances when extraordinary writs may be used to get around the lengthy appeals process when that process will not provide an adequate remedy, explains the process for obtaining writs of prohibition or writs of mandamus.

This technical assistance packet includes problems often encountered with court interpreters as well as the interpreter’s code of responsibility.

This technical assistance packet clarifies the legal issues regarding mutual OFPs, because of the misinformation surrounding mutual orders.

This Technical Assistance Packet examines the service requirements for OFPs and gives practical suggestions for addressing this issue.

With the current law that eliminates the need for hearings in some order for protection cases, battered women have a choice about whether to ask for a hearing when filing and order for protection.