Minnesota § 518A.49 ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS; JUDGMENT

Minnesota Statutes

§ 518A.49 — ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS; JUDGMENT

Minnesota § 518A.49

PartDOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 518ACHILD SUPPORT

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Minn. Stat. § 518A.49 (2026).

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(a)The public agency responsible for child support enforcement is joined as a party in each case in which rights are assigned under section518A.81, subdivision 2. The court administrator shall enter and docket a judgment obtained by operation of law under section548.091, subdivision 1, in the name of the public agency to the extent that the obligation has been assigned. When arrearages are reduced to judgment under circumstances in which section548.091is not applicable, the court shall grant judgment in favor of, and in the name of, the public agency to the extent that the arrearages are assigned. After filing notice of an assignment with the court administrator, who shall enter the notice in the docket, the public agency may enforce a judgment entered before the assignment of rights as i

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(a) The public agency responsible for child support enforcement is joined as a party in each case in which rights are assigned under section518A.81, subdivision 2. The court administrator shall enter and docket a judgment obtained by operation of law under section548.091, subdivision 1, in the name of the public agency to the extent that the obligation has been assigned. When arrearages are reduced to judgment under circumstances in which section548.091is not applicable, the court shall grant judgment in favor of, and in the name of, the public agency to the extent that the arrearages are assigned. After filing notice of an assignment with the court administrator, who shall enter the notice in the docket, the public agency may enforce a judgment entered before the assignment of rights as if the judgment were granted to it, and in its name, to the extent that the arrearages in that judgment are assigned.
(b) The public authority is a real party in interest in any IV-D case where there has been an assignment of support. In all other IV-D cases, the public authority has a pecuniary interest, as well as an interest in the welfare of the children involved in those cases. The public authority may intervene as a matter of right in those cases to ensure that child support orders are obtained and enforced which provide for an appropriate and accurate level of child, medical, and child care support. If the public authority participates in an IV-D case where the action taken by the public authority requires the use of an attorney's services, the public authority shall be represented by an attorney consistent with the provisions in section518A.47.

Legislative History

1971 c 961 s 21;1974 c 107 s 20;1977 c 282 s 29;1978 c 772 s 50;1979 c 259 s 25;1981 c 349 s 6;1981 c 360 art 2 s 46;3Sp1981 c 3 s 19;1982 c 488 s 4,5;1983 c 308 s 16-20;1984 c 547 s 18,19;1985 c 131 s 7;1986 c 406 s 4;1986 c 444;1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82;1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80;1988 c 593 s 8;1988 c 668 s 17,18;1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191;1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72;1990 c 574 s 18;1991 c 266 s 2;1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78;1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54;1993 c 34 s 1;1993 c 322 s 12;1993 c 340 s 32-38;1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44;1994 c 483 s 1;1994 c 488 s 8;1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10;1995 c 186 s 94;1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26;1997 c 66 s 79;1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43;1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10;1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11;1999 c 107 s 66;1999 c 159 s 136;1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11;1999 c 245 art 7 s 8;2000 c 343 s 4;2000 c 444 art 2 s 37;2001 c 51 s 13,14;2001 c 134 s 1;2001 c 158 s 1;2002 c 344 s 13-16;2003 c 130 s 12;1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6;2005 c 116 s 4;2005 c 164 s 7,8,29;1Sp2005 c 7 s 28;2006 c 280 s 15,16,22;2006 c 282 art 18 s 3;2024 c 80 art 8 s 68