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All Order for Protection filing fees could be waived
A petitioner’s court filing fee is waived in Order for Protection matters. The respondents could be, too.
Sponsored by Rep. Marion O'Neill (R-Maple Lake), HF2553 was passed 130-0 by the House and sent to the Senate where Sen. Ron Latz (DFL-St. Louis Park) is the sponsor.
Courts currently have discretion as to charging the respondent a filing fee. Bill supporters note that while courts generally have waived the fee, more are beginning to charge respondents.
Included in that group are Hennepin and Ramsey counties, which have the largest volume of Order for Protection cases.
Rebekah Moses, a policy program manager with the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women, told a House committee earlier this year that Crow Wing, Ottertail and Washington counties are also beginning to require a $310 filing fee with additional library and technology fees tacked on.
O’Neill said the proposed change would help procure equal justice by being fair to both sides.
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