MN Advisory Comm Exhibits 1-18 - Minnesota Judicial Branch

C. County Courts - Located in Rural Areas
1) The conciliation courts and municipal caurts
of rural Minnesota.
2) Jurisdiction over civil claims where the amount
in controversy does not exceed $5,000.
3) Each county tour t*h~s a probate division, a
family court-juvenile court division as well
>' as its civil and criminal divisions. (See P. 2. 3
~infra).
4) Appeals may be taken to the district court where
1. the appeal is heard "on the record" (on the basis
of what happened in the county court) and oral
arguments ,of the attorneys.
D. District Courts
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E. Probate Court
Original civil jurisdiction over all civil
natter:s arising within 'its territoria.X'boundaries.
In practice, di&ict courts limit their jurisdiction
to cases over $100,
Appellate jurisdiction from munfcipal court
decisions; also reviews some agency decis$ons.
Power to grant injunctive relief including
extracrdinary Grits (habe&s corpus,'.mandamus).
The State is divided into 10 districts on the
baGis of geography.
Procedure is governed-by Minnesota Rules of
Civil Procedure and local rule& of the particular
district. Persons bringing claims are usually
represented by an attorney as procedure is quite
formal.
Appeals in law or fact are taken directly to
the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Henriepin County District Court: .Hennepin County
Government Center, Minneapolis,.Minnesota 55487
(General Information: 348-3155).
1) Separate county-wide probate courts exist in
Hennepin, Ramsey and St. Louis Counties; in the
other 84, the general county courts have probate
division.
2) Jurisdiction to probate (prove) wills and for
the administration of the transfer of a deceased