If you need to change your court date, you usually need to file paperwork to ask for that, or get the other side to agree to change the date before the day of the hearing. If you have a court date for a criminal case or a contempt matter and miss your hearing, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.
Each Minnesota district courthouse offers electronic access to statewide public case records through public access terminals. Each district courthouse also offers in-person counter access to locally-stored, public case records in paper form.
Plain copies of recent divorce records may be found using the Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO). Certified copies of a divorce decree may be obtained from the county courthouse where the divorce was granted.
The Fourth Judicial District includes only Hennepin County, which is made up of 45 cities (population: 1.2 million). It is the state's largest trial court with 63 judges, 12 referees, and 582 staff who process approximately 40% of all cases filed in the state.
Plain copies of recent divorce records may be found using the Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO). Certified copies of a divorce decree may be obtained from the county courthouse where the divorce was granted.
You can get copies of divorce decrees, custody and child support orders, and other Hennepin Family Court documents from the 4th District Records Center.
The public can also access court documents from public access computer terminals at any Minnesota district (county) courthouse or at the Minnesota State Law Library. The availability of court records is governed by the Minnesota Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch.