Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 617.56 (2026)
[Repealed]
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[Repealed, 1963 c 753 art 2 s 17]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1947–1961 · leading case: State v. Townsend, 108 N.W.2d 608 (Minn. 1961).
State v. Townsend, 108 N.W.2d 608 (Minn. 1961). “” A companion statute, § 617.56, provides that every person having legal responsibility for the care or support of a child who is under 16 years of age and unable to support himself by lawful employment, who willfully fails to make proper provision for such child, is guilty of a…”
State v. Sax, 42 N.W.2d 680 (Minn. 1950). “Merely because defendant cannot be punished in a criminal prosecution for failure *20 to support his child after its sixteenth birthday does not relieve him from liability in a civil proceeding for support.”
Lieder v. Straub, 42 N.W.2d 11 (Minn. 1950). “The purpose of the statute is to provide both a drastic and effective means of coercing delinquent and recalcitrant husbands to provide the support of their minor children ordered or adjudged as their plain, natural, and legal duty.”
Jung v. St. Paul Fire Dep't Relief Ass'n, 27 N.W.2d 151 (Minn. 1947). “1945, § 617.56 (see, M. S. A. § 617.56, and cf.”
State v. Brown, 107 N.W.2d 47 (Minn. 1961). “On October 10, Mary charged Robert with violating § 617.56. He appeals from his conviction.”
State v. Thurmes, 46 N.W.2d 258 (Minn. 1951). “This is a criminal proceeding pursuant to § 617.56, and the sole issue is whether the evidence sustains, beyond, a, reasonable doubt, the trial court’s finding that defendant wilfully failed to support his minor child.”
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