(a) A request for a six-month review hearing form must be attached to a decree of dissolution or legal separation or an order that initially establishes child custody, parenting time, or support rights and obligations of parents. The state court administrator is requested to prepare the request for review hearing form. The form must include information regarding the procedures for requesting a hearing, the purpose of the hearing, and any other information regarding a hearing under this section that the state court administrator deems necessary.
(b) The six-month review hearing shall be held if any party submits a written request for a hearing within six months after entry of a decree of dissolution or legal separation or order that establishes child custody, parenting time, or support.
(c) Upon receipt of a completed request for hearing form, the court administrator shall provide notice of the hearing to all other parties and the public authority. The court administrator shall schedule the six-month review hearing as soon as practicable following the receipt of the hearing request form.
(d) At the six-month hearing, the court must review:
(1) whether child support is current; and
(2) whether both parties are complying with the parenting time provisions of the order.
(e) At the six-month hearing, the obligor has the burden to present evidence to establish that child support payments are current. A party may request that the public authority provide information to the parties and court regarding child support payments. A party must request the information from the public authority at least 14 days before the hearing. The commissioner of human services must develop a form to be used by the public authority to submit child support payment information to the parties and court.
(f) Contempt of court and all statutory remedies for child support and parenting time enforcement may be imposed by the court at the six-month hearing for noncompliance by either party pursuant to this chapter, chapters 518A and 588, and the Minnesota Court Rules.
(g) A request for a six-month review hearing form must be attached to a decree or order signed on or after January 1, 2007, that initially establishes child support rights and obligations.
2005 c 164 s 4,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 26,28; 2006 c 280 s 20
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations
Chapter 518 — Marriage Dissolution
Section 518.002 — Meaning Of Divorce.
Section 518.003 — Definitions.
Section 518.005 — Rules Governing Proceedings; Formal Requirements; Fee.
Section 518.01 — Void Marriages.
Section 518.02 — Voidable Marriages.
Section 518.03 — Action To Annul; Decree.
Section 518.04 — Insufficient Grounds For Annulment.
Section 518.05 — Annulment; When To Bring.
Section 518.055 — Putative Spouse.
Section 518.06 — Dissolution Of Marriage; Legal Separation; Grounds; Uncontested Legal Separation.
Section 518.07 — Residence Of Parties.
Section 518.09 — Proceeding; How And Where Brought; Venue.
Section 518.10 — Requisites Of Petition.
Section 518.11 — Service; Alternate Service; Publication.
Section 518.12 — Time For Answering.
Section 518.13 — Failure To Answer; Findings; Hearing.
Section 518.131 — Temporary Orders And Restraining Orders.
Section 518.14 — Costs And Disbursements; Attorney Fees; Collection Costs.
Section 518.145 — Decree, Finality And Reopening.
Section 518.146 — Social Security Numbers; Tax Returns; Identity Protection.
Section 518.148 — Certification Of Dissolution.
Section 518.155 — Custody Determinations.
Section 518.156 — Commencement Of Custody Proceeding.
Section 518.157 — Parent Education Program In Proceedings Involving Children.
Section 518.165 — Guardians Ad Litem For Minor Children.
Section 518.167 — Investigations And Reports.
Section 518.17 — Custody And Support Of Children On Judgment.
Section 518.1705 — Parenting Plans.
Section 518.175 — Parenting Time.
Section 518.1751 — Parenting Time Dispute Resolution.
Section 518.1752 — Grandparent Visitation.
Section 518.176 — Judicial Supervision.
Section 518.177 — Notification Regarding Deprivation Of Parental Rights Law.
Section 518.178 — Parenting Time And Support Review Hearing.
Section 518.1781 — Six-month Review.
Section 518.18 — Modification Of Order.
Section 518.183 — Replacing Certain Orders.
Section 518.185 — Affidavit Practice.
Section 518.191 — Summary Real Estate Disposition Judgment.
Section 518.195 — Summary Dissolution Process.
Section 518.25 — Remarriage; Revocation.
Section 518.27 — Name Of Party.
Section 518.551 — Postsecondary Education Trust Fund.
Section 518.552 — Maintenance.
Section 518.58 — Division Of Marital Property.
Section 518.581 — Surviving Spouse Benefit.
Section 518.582 — Procedure For Valuing Pension Benefits Or Rights.
Section 518.612 — Independence Of Provisions Of Decree Or Temporary Order.
Section 518.619 — Custody Or Visitation; Mediation Services.
Section 518.62 — Temporary Maintenance.
Section 518.63 — Homestead, Occupancy.
Section 518.65 — Property; Sale, Partition.