2004 Minnesota Statutes

     518.12 Time for answering. 

    The respondent shall have 30 days in which to answer the 
 petition.  In case of service by publication, the 30 days shall 
 not begin to run until the expiration of the period allowed for 
 publication.  In the case of a counterpetition for dissolution 
 or legal separation to a petition for dissolution or legal 
 separation, no answer shall be required to the counterpetition 
 and the original petitioner shall be deemed to have denied each 
 and every statement, allegation and claim in the counterpetition.

    HIST: (8591) RL s 3580; 1945 c 7 s 1; 1974 c 107 s 9; 1979 c 
 259 s 9