Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 257.70 (2026)

Hearings And Records; Confidentiality

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(a) Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records, any hearing or trial held under sections 257.51 to 257.74 shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than those necessary to the action or proceeding. All papers and records, other than the final judgment, pertaining to the action or proceeding, whether part of the permanent record of the court or of a file in the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families or elsewhere, are subject to inspection only upon consent of the court and all interested persons, or in exceptional cases only upon an order of the court for good cause shown.

(b) In all actions under this chapter in which public assistance is assigned under section 518A.81 or the public authority provides services to a party or parties to the action, the public authority shall not release private data on the location of a party to the action or the joint child if:

(1) the public authority has knowledge that one party is currently subject to a protective order with respect to the other party or the joint child, and the protected party or guardian of the joint child has not authorized disclosure; or

(2) the public authority has reason to believe that the release of the information may result in physical or emotional harm to a party or the joint child.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1998–2016 · leading case: In Re Disciplinary Action Against Terrazas, 581 N.W.2d 841 (Minn. 1998).

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In Re Disciplinary Action Against Terrazas, 581 N.W.2d 841 (Minn. 1998). · cites it 9× “The referee dismissed the supplementary petition because the investigator, before reviewing the child custody court file, did not comply with Minn.Stat. § 257.70, which regulates the privacy of records in actions brought under the parentage act.”

Order Promulgating Amendments to the Rules of Pub. Access to Records of the Jud. Branch. (Minn. 2016). · cites it 2× “74, provided that the following are public: the final judgment under section 257.70(a) 1 (minus findings of fact and restricted identifiers under MINN.”

— Minn. Stat. § 257.70(a) — 1 case

Order Promulgating Amendments to the Rules of Pub. Access to Records of the Jud. Branch. (Minn. 2016). “74, provided that the following are public: the final judgment under section 257.70(a) 1 (minus findings of fact and restricted identifiers under MINN.”

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