2013 Minnesota Statutes

260.56 COUNSEL OR GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR JUVENILE, FEES.

Any judge of this state who appoints counsel or a guardian ad litem pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles may allow a reasonable fee on order of the court. The costs of the counsel must be paid by the county and the cost of the guardian ad litem, if any, must be paid by the state courts, except that the costs of counsel to a guardian ad litem in the Eighth Judicial District shall be paid by the state courts until the recommendations of the task force created in Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 7, section 42, are implemented.

History:

1957 c 892 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 24