518.195 Repealed, 1991 c 271 s 9; 1996 c 408 art 11 s 9
* NOTE: This section was also amended by Laws 1997, chapter *245, article 2, section 5, to read as follows:
* "518.195 Summary dissolution process.
* Subdivision 1. Criteria. A couple desirous of *dissolving their marriage may use the streamlined procedure in *this section if:
* (1) no living minor children have been born to or adopted *by the parties before or during the marriage, unless someone *other than the husband has been adjudicated the father;
* (2) the wife is not pregnant;
* (3) they have been married fewer than eight years as of the *date they file their joint declaration;
* (4) neither party owns any real estate;
* (5) there are no unpaid debts in excess of $8,000 incurred *by either or both of the parties during the marriage, excluding *encumbrances on automobiles;
* (6) the total fair market value of the marital assets does *not exceed $25,000, including net equity on automobiles;
* (7) neither party has nonmarital assets in excess of *$25,000; and
* (8) neither party has been a victim of domestic abuse by *the other.
* Subd. 2. Procedure. A couple qualifying under all of *the criteria in subdivision 1, may obtain a judgment and decree *by:
* (1) filing a sworn joint declaration, on which both of *their signatures must be notarized, containing or appending the *following information:
* (i) the demographic data required in section 518.10;
* (ii) verifying the qualifications set forth in subdivision *1;
* (iii) listing each party's nonmarital property;
* (iv) setting forth how the marital assets and debts will be *apportioned;
* (v) verifying both parties' income and preserving their *rights to spousal maintenance; and
* (vi) certifying that there has been no domestic abuse of *one party by the other; and
* (2) viewing any introductory and summary process *educational videotapes, if then available from the court, and *certifying that they watched any such tapes within the 30 days *preceding the filing of the joint declaration.
* The district court administrator shall enter a decree of *dissolution 30 days after the filing of the joint declaration if *the parties meet the statutory qualifications and have complied *with the procedural requirements of this subdivision.
* Subd. 3. Forms. The state court administrator shall *develop simplified forms and instructions for the summary *process. District court administrators shall make the forms for *the summary process available upon request and shall accept *joint declarations for filing on and after July 1, 1997.
* Subd. 4. Repealed by amendment, 1997 c 245 art 2 s 5 "
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