Provides the following services to individuals of all ages and genders who are currently experiencing or have experienced domestic violence (including physical, emotional, mental, or financial abuse from an intimate partner or household member), stalking, or harassment in northwest and western Hennepin County: - Community advocacy and referrals; including immigrant and refugee victims of domestic violence - Coordination and support through the criminal, civil & family legal systems - Immediate and long-term safety planning; assist with Safe at Home application - Legal advocacy including information on the Hennepin County court system and assistance obtaining Orders for Protection or Harassment Restraining Orders in Hennepin County

Provides establishment and enforcement of child support orders. Services include: - Collecting current and past-due support payments - Locating non-custodial parents - Establishing parentage - Establishing and enforcing child support orders for basic, medical, and child care support - Reviews and modifies court orders for support NOTE: Child Support Services does not provide parenting time, custody, legal advice, divorce counsel, or spousal maintenance establishment

Administers the many functions of the attorney's office, which include: - Adult protection and adult commitment proceedings - Child protection matters, including child support collection and delinquency proceedings - Legal representation for the County Board and all departments - Prosecution of felony/gross misdemeanors in the county - Provides services to victims and witnesses in criminal actions?. Represents the county and state, not individual citizens

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: - Child custody decrees - Child protection cases - Child support and paternity matters - Conservatorships - County civil matters - Day care and foster care licensing - Family court - Guardianships - Legal representation of Anoka County, its departments, land acquisition, employment issues, liability claims, ordinances, contract negotiations, appeals, expungements and other civil matters - Prosecutes criminal cases - Prosecutes juvenile matters - Restraining and harassment orders; orders for protection

Clinic gives people the opportunity to make a half-hour appointment to come in and talk to a volunteer attorney regarding general questions about the legal processes of family court

Private attorneys agree to take cases for clients who have been screened through the intake process and either need representation in a matter that is not an area of Legal Assistance of Olmsted County's expertise, or where there is a conflict of interest. Areas of available legal assistance may include: - Consumer/financial law - Elder law/wills - Employment law - Family law - Guardianship/conservatorship law - Immigration law - Landlord/tenant housing law - Property/real estate law

Provides the following country attorney services: - Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity - CHIPS (Child in Need of Protection or Services) cases - Commitments - Conservatorships - Criminal and delinquency prosecution - Guardianships - Legal representation of county boards and agencies

Provides legal assistance and educational opportunities and resources. Legal issues covered include: - Debt collection - Divorce, parenting time, custody, or other family law issues - Employment - Impounded car - Landlord/tenant or property - Probate - Purchase or service contracts - Simple wills and health care directives - Any other civil legal issues

Administers legal programs and services through offices in Anoka, Minneapolis, Saint Cloud, and Wilmar. Helps eligible clients through direct representation, brief advice, and through participating in community legal education programs and clinics. Services include: - Family law - Housing issues - Public benefits - Employment - Criminal expungement - Consumer dept Does not provide representation in CRIMINAL law matters

Provides legal representation on issues related to: - Benefits - Custody - Family law matters - Housing - Immigration - Orders for protection May help with the following for victims of human trafficking: - Expungements - Housing - HROs ?- OFPs - Other civil legal problems - Public benefit issues

Services provided include: - Adjusting court orders based on cost-of-living index - Enforcing court orders for child support, medical and dental support, and child care support - Establishing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support - Establishing parentage - Locating parents - Reviewing and modifying of court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support - Working with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota

The child support office assists in locating non-custodial parents, and establishing parentage, enforces child support orders, enforces medical support orders, and collects current and past due support payments.

Offers brief legal advice and/or brief services, not representation, provided by culturally competent volunteer attorneys for LGBTQ individuals seeking help with legal matters, including: - Name/gender marker changes - General civil legal advice, including adoption, child custody, child support, and marriage/divorce. Volunteer attorneys are not experts in civil law but can provide general advice and referrals.

Child support is money a parent is court-ordered to pay to their child's other parent or caregiver for the support of the child. Either parent may apply for services. Services include: - Collecting child support and enforcing court orders - Establishing paternity, including coordinating genetic testing - Establishing court orders to pay child support - Helping families to modify court orders

Provides establishment and enforcement of child support orders. Services include: - Collecting current and past-due support payments - Locating non-custodial parents - Establishing parentage - Establishing and enforcing child support orders for basic, medical, and child care support - Reviews and modifies court orders for support NOTE: Child Support Services does not provide parenting time, custody, legal advice, divorce counsel, or spousal maintenance establishment

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: - Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases ?- Conservatorships - Crime witness support - Criminal and delinquency prosecution; district attorney - Criminal protective orders - Domestic/family violence legal services - Guardianships - Initiates CHIPS (Child in need of protection or services) - Juvenile diversion - Legal representation of county boards and agencies - Prosecutes misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and felonies - Requests restitution; crime victim compensation - Restraining orders - Stalking/Harassment orders - Temporary and permanent restraining orders - Victim notification

The Child Support Services Division assists with: - Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index - Collecting and processing payments - Establishing parentage - Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support ??- Locating parents - Reviewing and modifying court orders for support - Works with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota???- Minnesota Child Support Online: www.childsupport.dhs.state.mn.us. Minnesota Child Support Online is an interactive website developed by the State of Minnesota to provide child support participants with information about their case(s).

- Establishment of Paternity - Establishment of Child Support Orders - Modifications of Child Support Orders - Enforcement of Child Support Orders - Locating Non-Custodial Parents - Case Management Services

Prosecutes crimes on behalf of Olmsted County; provides crime victim/witness assistance - Criminal division: Diversion programs - Civil division: Commitment, forfeitures of certain property associated with the commission of a "designated offense", truancy prevention, and property tax - Child support division: Helps establish paternity and establish, modify, and enforce support orders - Juvenile division: Prosecutes juvenile offenses

Provides establishment and enforcement of child support orders. Services include: ?- Collecting current and past-due support payments - Locating non-custodial parents - Establishing parentage - Establishing and enforcing child support orders for basic, medical, or child care support - Reviews and modifies court orders for support NOTE: Child Support Services does not provide parenting time, custody, legal advice, divorce counsel, or spousal maintenance establishment

The Child Support Division assists with: - Locating parents. - Establishing parentage. - Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support. - Reviewing and modifying court orders for support. - Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index. - Works with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota. - Collecting and processing payments. Minnesota Child Support Online: www.childsupport.dhs.state.mn.us/ Minnesota Child Support Online is an interactive web site developed by the State of Minnesota to provide child support participants with information about their case(s). NOTE: Either parent of a child may get certain child support services. Parents who do not receive public assistance can apply for services at their county child support office for a one-time $25 service fee. Parents who receive public assistance for a child whose other parent does not live with them are automatically referred for services and are not charged a service fee.

Services include: - Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index. - Collecting and processing payments. - Establishing parentage. - Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support. - Locating parents. - Working with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota. Either parent, with or without custody of their children, may receive services.

The Child Support Division assists with: - Locating parents. - Establishing parentage. - Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support. - Reviewing and modifying court orders for support. - Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index. - Works with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota. - Collecting and processing payments. Minnesota Child Support Online: www.childsupport.dhs.state.mn.us/ Minnesota Child Support Online is an interactive web site developed by the State of Minnesota to provide child support participants with information about their case(s). NOTE: Either parent of a child may get certain child support services. Parents who do not receive public assistance can apply for services at their county child support office for a one-time $25 service fee. Parents who receive public assistance for a child whose other parent does not live with them are automatically referred for services and are not charged a service fee.

The Child Support Division assists with: - Locating parents - Establishing parentage - Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support - Reviewing and modifying court orders for support - Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index - Works with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota - Collecting and processing payments Minnesota Child Support Online: an interactive website developed by the State of Minnesota to provide child support participants with information about their case(s). NOTE: Either parent of a child may get certain child support services. Parents who do not receive public assistance can apply for services at their county child support office for a one-time $25 service fee. Parents who receive public assistance for a child whose other parent does not live with them are automatically referred for services and are not charged a service fee.

Advocates dedicated to ending domestic violence by helping individuals in crisis, providing community education and working for changes in how society views and handles violence. Advocates provide: - Assistance with the legal system - Assistance with Orders For Protection (Temporary Restraining Orders - TRO) - Assistance with law enforcement - Emergency and transitional housing - Support groups - Emergency transportation (With police involved only) - Individual advocacy - Accompaniment to court proceedings - Information and referral - Public education - Internships and volunteer opportunities - Men's information and education - Men's domestic violence groups - Women's information and educations - Women's domestic violence groups - Behavior education - Elder abuse advocacy - Youth advocates - Advocates provided for parents or significant others affected by the abuse on request - Safe housing is available IF there is a domestic situation and safety is an issue