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Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Family law terminology, procedures, and requirements modified.

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Author added Lesch

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Child support enforcement appropriation increased, and child support incentive
annual appropriation required.

Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Child support collection service fees required to be paid by obligor.

Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Author added Walker

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Juveniles under age 16 prohibited from waiving right to counsel during custodial
interrogations except if waiver is made by juvenile's attorney or parent.

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Author added Benson

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Kinship support program established, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Author added Benson

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Kinship navigator program established for grandparents and relatives raising
related children, grant provided, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Author added Hosch

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Child custody; courts prohibited from considering a parent's military status
when determining child custody or parenting time orders.

Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Child support payment agreements full compliance requirement provided.

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Author added Tillberry

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Child support six-month review requirements modified, and income information and
enforcement remedies provided.

Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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HF 1500 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Child support policy clarifications and improvements provided Section 1: Contents language added. Section 2: Providing income information language modified. Section 3: General language added. Section 4: Parent not considered voluntary unemployed, underemployed, or employed on a less than full-time basis language modified. Section 5: Caretaker language added. Section 6: Economic conditions language added. Section 7: Modification language modified. Section 8: Child care costs language added. Section 9: Change in child care language modified. Section 10: Definitions language modified. Section 11: Order language modified. Section 12: Determining appropriation health care coverage language modified. Section 13: Ordering health care coverage language modified.

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Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to the interstate compact on the placement of children; requiring the
department of human services to be financially responsible for the placement of
a child in the event of partial or complete default of performance or upon
violation of the compact for out-of-state children
(me)

Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the custody designation for certain parenting plans substituting other
terms for legal and physical custody.
(me)

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to child protection; requiring court findings regarding independent
living goals for certain children in an out-of-home placement
(me)

Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to child support; requiring consideration of the residence of the child
in a foreign county upon deviation from the presumptive child support amount
(me)

Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety to provide grants to
organizations providing supervised parenting time services to parents and
children; requiring the comissioner to establish grant evaluation and award
criteria
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Author stricken Rest

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Relating to retirement; modifying legislator retirement allowance accrual start date; clarifying the definitions of state employee and removing obsolete references under Minnesota state retirement system coverage (MSRS) definitions; modifying the definition of allowable service; providing an authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure under MSRS; removing certain restrictions on surviving spouse coverage; including state fire marshal employees under MSRS provisions; providing an exemption from process for MSRS health care savings plan account assets, exception for marriage dissolution and child support; including agricultural utilization research institute, Minnesota technology incorporated and certain Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) faculty and employees in the MSRS unclassified program; making transfer from the unclassified program to the general plan irrevocable; modifying the [...]

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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (DHS) for county
grants for child support enforcement programs to compensate for certain federal
losses
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying child placement providions for Indian children under the Minnesota
Indian preservation act; clarifying definitions; applying federal law (Indian
Child Welfare Act) and state law in child custody proceedings
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services for a demonstration
grant to the Minnesota kinship caregivers association (MKCA) to provide support
to grandparents or relatives raising kinship children; requiring demonstration
grant sites to include a central site in the metropolitan area and another site
in the Bemidji area
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services for a grant to be
transferred to the Minnesota kinship caregivers association (MKCA) to provide
support under the kinship navigator program to assist grandparents and relatives
in raising kinship children
(me)