Letter from attorney to opposing counsel requesting documentation concerning homestead exemption for change of venue motion.
Letter from attorney to opposing counsel requesting documentation concerning homestead exemption for change of venue motion.
A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location.
A motion to change venue is a way to ask the court to move your case from the county your case is in now to a different county within Minnesota. NOTE: If you are not sure if these forms should be used in your situation, you should get legal advice. The top part of the form helps identify the case.
What's a Motion Hearing? A motion hearing in family court is different from a trial. In motion hearings, parties' attorneys submit documents to the court before the hearing explaining what their side wants and why it should be granted. Except in special circumstances, witnesses do not testify in motion hearings.
542.10 CHANGE OF VENUE AS OF RIGHT; DEMAND. If the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county, the action may notwithstanding be tried therein unless, within 20 days after the summons is served, the defendant demands in writing that it be tried in the proper county.
Change of venue is the transfer of a legal action from one county to another county for trial. In criminal cases a change of venue is permitted if, for example, the court believes the defendant cannot receive a fair trial in a given county.
Brief Synopsis: A motion to transfer a state court case from one courthouse to another, often in another county, is based upon an argument that a “fair and impartial trial cannot be held in the county” usually due to news coverage and/or the popularity and prominence of the defendant.