2026 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
See also ANNULMENT; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD SUPPORT; DESERTION; LEGAL SEPARATION; PARENTING TIME
Affidavits
Personal service of summons and petition, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.11
Temporary orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Alternative dispute resolution
Civil Mediation Act, inapplicability, Minn. Statutes 2026 572.40
Exclusion, exception, Minn. Statutes 2026 494.03
Answers
Failure to answer, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.13
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005
Time for answering, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.12
Antenuptial agreements, Minn. Statutes 2026 501A.04, 519.11
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.145
Armed forces members
Petitions, requisites, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.10
Proceedings, venue, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09
Residence of parties, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.07
Assisted reproduction, effect on parentage, Minn. Statutes 2026 257E.25
Attorney fees
Court awarded, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.14
Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.14
Petitions, requisites, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.10
Temporary orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Best interests of the child, public policy, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.0011
Certificates and certification
Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181
Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181
Defined as vital record, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212
Evidence, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.10, 518.148
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.148
Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2131
Certified copies
Certificates of dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.148
Summary real estate disposition judgment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.191
Change of name
Certificate of dissolution, evidence, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.10
Convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.115, 259.13
Procedures, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.14
Request by party, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.27
Violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.27
Children
Assisted reproduction, Minn. Statutes 2026 524.2-120
Parent education programs, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.157
Cohabitation, rights of putative spouse, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.055
Contempts, temporary and restraining orders, violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Conveyances, summary real estate disposition judgment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.191
Costs and disbursements (courts)
Court awarded, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.14
Guardians for minors, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.165
Counterpetitions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.12
County recorders, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.191
Couples on the brink project, Minn. Statutes 2026 137.32, 517.08
Decrees
Deed taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 287.22
Finality, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.145
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005, 518.06
Indebtedness, security for, Minn. Statutes 2026 287.03
Mortgage registry taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2026 287.01, 287.04
Name of party, request for change, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.27
Summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Deeds or instruments made pursuant to decree, deed taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 287.22
Default judgments, failure to answer, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.13
Defenses
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.06
Marital property, division, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.58
Definitions
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.002 to 518.005, 518.06
Legal separation, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.06
Mortgage registry tax, Minn. Statutes 2026 287.01
Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212
Disclosure
Prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005
Social Security numbers, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.146
Tax returns, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.146
Discrimination, motor vehicle insurance, Minn. Statutes 2026 72A.20
District courts, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.06
Division of marital property
Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program, Minn. Statutes 2026 144E.47
Firefighter relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2026 424A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.58
Hennepin County supplemental retirement program, Minn. Statutes 2026 383B.51
Judges retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2026 490.126
Legislators retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2026 3A.13
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2026 352.15
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2026 353.15
Summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, Minn. Statutes 2026 354A.11
Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2026 354.10
Domestic abuse
Certification of absence, summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Protection orders, modification, Minn. Statutes 2026 518B.01
Domicile, residence, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.003, 518.07, 518.10
Evidence
Certificates of dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.10, 518.148
Findings, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.13
Expenses, court costs and disbursements, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.14, 518.165
Fees
Displaced homemaker program funding, Minn. Statutes 2026 357.021
Parent education programs in proceedings involving children, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.157
Findings
Apportionment of nonmarital property, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.58
Division of marital property, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.58
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.13, 518.145
Forms
Injunctions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.091
Parent education program, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.091
Summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Fraud
Reopening of proceedings, cause, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.145
Voidable marriages, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.02
Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.06, 518.13
Guardians ad litem for children, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.165
Health and accident insurance, see Continuation and conversion privileges under HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
Health care agents, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 145C.05, 145C.09
Health maintenance organizations, continuation and conversion privileges, Minn. Statutes 2026 62D.101
Hearings
Alternative dispute resolution information sheet, requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.168
Child support, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.178
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.13
Parenting time, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.178
Restraining orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Venue, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09
Hennepin County
Family court, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 484.65
Probation department, support collection, Minn. Statutes 2026 383B.613
Income
Court ordered care, examination, or treatment of children, Minn. Statutes 2026 260B.331, 260C.331
Verification, summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Injunctions
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Temporary orders and restraining orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.091, 518.131
Interest, verdicts, awards, judgments, Minn. Statutes 2026 549.09
Interstate Family Support Act, see Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE
Joint tenancy, real property, severance of joint tenancy interests, Minn. Statutes 2026 500.19
Judgments
Default judgment, failure to answer, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.13
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005
Interest, Minn. Statutes 2026 549.09
Summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Summary real estate disposition judgment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.191
Jurisdiction, proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09
Lawsuits, conciliation courts, no jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2026 491A.01
Living wills, spouse as proxy, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 145B.09
Loss of custody, adoption, parental consent not required, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.24
Loss of eligibility, small employer health benefit plans, Minn. Statutes 2026 62L.02
Marital property
Division of marital property, see same under this topic
Pension plan benefits or rights, see same under this topic
Marriage occurring while previous marriage still in effect, null and void status, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.01
Mediation, Civil Mediation Act, inapplicability, Minn. Statutes 2026 572.40
Misconduct, reopening of proceedings, cause, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.145
Misrepresentation, reopening of proceedings, cause, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.145
Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2026 578.19
Motions, reopening of proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.145
Motor vehicle insurance, discrimination or refusal to issue, Minn. Statutes 2026 72A.20
Nonmarital property, listing, summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Nonsupport of spouse, spousal maintenance, Minn. Statutes 2026 548.091, 609.375
Notice, hearing, restraining order, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Notice to Revenue Department, tax refunds, Minn. Statutes 2026 289A.31
Oaths and affirmations, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.11, 518.13
Orders
Contents, Minn. Statutes 2026 518A.27
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Marital property, sale, distribution, or division, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.58, 518.581
Notice of address or residence change, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.68, 518A.27
Security for payments, Minn. Statutes 2026 518A.71
Summary real estate disposition judgments, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.191
Parenting plans, see under PARENTING TIME
Parenting time, see PARENTING TIME
Pension plan benefits or rights
Division of marital property, see same under this topic
Information regarding, Minn. Statutes 2026 356.49
Optional annuities, revocation, Minn. Statutes 2026 356.48
Surviving spouse benefits, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.581
Valuation procedures, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.582
Personal property, sale, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.65
Personal service
Injunctions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Petitions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09, 518.11
Restraining orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.131
Summonses, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09, 518.11
Petitions
Answers, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005, 518.12, 518.13
Child custody proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.156
Counterpetitions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.12
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005
Joint petitions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09
Personal service, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09, 518.11
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.10
Summary dissolution process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Pleadings, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005
Power of attorney, termination of powers, Minn. Statutes 2026 523.08, 523.09
Proceedings, Rules of Civil Procedure of district court, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.005
Public retirement plans, Minn. Statutes 2026 356.48, 356.49
Ramsey County, family court, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 484.64
Real property
Barring interest of spouse, rights reciprocal, Minn. Statutes 2026 519.07
Homestead, determination rules, Minn. Statutes 2026 273.124
Sale or partition of, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.58, 518.65
Summary real estate disposition judgment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.191
Transfer on death deeds, Minn. Statutes 2026 507.071, 507.072
Transfers of, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.191, 518.58
Referees (court), hearings, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.13
Residence
Petition requirement, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.10
Requirement, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.07
Restraining orders, injunctions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.091, 518.131
Revocation of dissolution upon remarriage, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.25
Service by mail, summons and petition, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.11
Service of process, summons and petition, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.11, 518.12
Special laws regarding, Minn. Const. art 12 s 1
Spousal maintenance
Judgments, docketing, Minn. Statutes 2026 548.091
Nonsupport of spouse or child, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.375
Reimbursement judgments, Minn. Statutes 2026 548.091
Stipulations
Marital property, division of, pensions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.582
Remarriage prior to appeal, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.145
Summary dissolution process, criteria, procedure, forms, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Summonses
Employees, service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2026 543.20
Notice of parent education program requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.091
Notice of temporary restraining orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.091
Personal service, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09, 518.11, 518.131
Service of process, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.11
Students, service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2026 543.20
Transfer of property, motor vehicles, sales taxes, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2026 297B.01
Trustees, appointment, to receive payments for remittance, Minn. Statutes 2026 518A.63
Trusts, effect of dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2026 501C.1207
Uncontested, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.06
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, see under SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE
Venue, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.09
Video recordings, summary dissolution process, introduction and education about, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.195
Violations and penalties
Change of name, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.27
Convicted persons, change of name violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.115, 259.13
Nonsupport of spouse or child, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.375