Minnesota Order to Amend Judgment and Decree - prepared pursuant to direction of Court

Divorce records are public information in the state of Minnesota and can be accessed by any member of the public.

Assuming the divorce is being transmitted now, it will need to be reviewed. If everything is in order, your divorce decree should be processed in about 2-3 months.

Amend. v. to alter or change by adding, subtracting, or substituting. One can amend a statute, a contract or a written pleading filed in a law -suit. The change is usually called an amendment.

An amended judgment refers to a trial court correcting a substantive error in an original judgment. Usually a judgment is amended to correct a manifest error of law or fact. Such amendments are made to clear any misconceptions in the original judgment.

2090 of 1985 praying...at all any amendment is to be made, it can be done only by filing application to amend the decree and not by filing execution application.

The State website is: www.mncourts.gov . Click on For Court Users and then Court Forms. This form must be presented to the Court Administrator's office along with the Stipulation to Amend the Judgment and Decree and the Order to Amend the Judgment and Decree.

You can get the forms you need online, or you can go to your local courthouse or law library to request a packet of divorce papers. In Minnesota, the "petitioner" is the party who initiates the divorce, and the "respondent" is the party who receives the petitioner's divorce papers.

A divorce decree is a court document that is a final judgment from divorce court. It contains information about your case including spousal support, child support, custody, visitation, property division, and other information.Only a court can issue a divorce decree. You receive it at the end of your case.