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Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Adult prosecution

• Child custody decrees

• Child protection cases

• Child support and paternity matters

• Civil advice

• Family services

• Juvenile prosecution

• Pursuing improvement and prevention: Plays an important role in seeking new laws to strengthen law enforcement, criminal justice, child protection, victim's rights, and other areas. Also participates in efforts to prevent or reduce crime in the local communities and statewide.

• Victim/Witness Assistance

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

Family Adoption Services does not offer any services for private adoptions. Adoption services, including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Adult prosecution

• Child custody decrees

• Child protection cases

• Child support and paternity matters

• Civil advice

• Family services

• Juvenile prosecution

• Pursuing Improvement and prevention: Prevents or reduces crime in the local communities and statewide

• Victim/Witness assistance

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Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Child custody decrees

• Child protection cases

• Child support and paternity matters

• County civil matters

• Delinquency cases; juvenile court

• Guardianships

• Juvenile diversion

• Legal advocacy for victims in the criminal justice system

• Legal representation of county boards and county agencies

• Prosecutes criminal cases and traffic violations

• Restraining and harassment orders; orders for protection

• Victim advocacy after crime has occurred

For vulnerable adults who can no longer make the decisions necessary to care for themselves of their finances, and who have no family or friends available to do it for them. These persons may include people with developmental or acquired disabilities, people with mental illness, or the frail elderly. As the court-appointed guardian/conservator, LSS is given the legal responsibility for managing the personal & financial affairs of these incapacitated individuals. Responsibilities (dependent upon court order) include:

• Establish place of residence

• Determine & provide for care needs

• Care for personal property

• Consent to necessary medical or other professional care

• Approve or withhold approval of contracts

• Pay reasonable charges for support of the client

• Pay debts

• Possess and manage the estate, collect debts and claims due the client, and invest funds

Provides assessment, intake, information and referral, and case management for adults with mental health needs. Case management services address individual needs related to diagnoses such as:

• Acute/situational depression

• Bipolar disorder

• Borderline personality disorder

• Major depression

• Schizophrenia

Additional services may include case planning, consultation, crisis intervention, and referral to legal commitments or guardianship/conservatorship.

Case management services for children and adults living with developmental disabilities, providing education, vocational, and public health services, are provided to provide community support, including:

• Counseling, referrals, and out-of-home placement

• Day training and habilitation

• Group home admission

• Guardianship

• Information and referral services

• Respite care

?- Sheltered and supported employment

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Child abuse, neglect, and truancy

• Gross misdemeanor cases and misdemeanors occurring outside of County municipalities

• Judicial commitments for chemical dependency and mental illness

• Juvenile delinquency matters wherever they occur in the County

?- Provides advice and assistance to all law enforcement personnel

• Public Conservatorship

• Public Guardianship

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Adoption services, including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

• Receives payments of fines to Court system - Handles Traffic Violations and Fines - Handles preparations for the following type of cases: Conciliation, Appeals, Probate, Adoption and Trustee - Provides Jury duty information - Handles Criminal, Juvenile and Civil Divisions of Court as well as Family Court including Support, Paternity, Post-divorce motions, Visitations and Custody - Jury Selection

Provides legal advice and representation for individuals subject to guardianship or conservatorship.

The county attorney serves as the chief prosecutor of all adult crimes and juvenile offenses committed within Martin County. Services provided:

• Handles referrals from the county Human Services Department for commitment for substance use/mental illness cases, child support enforcement, paternity adjudication, child protection actions, and termination of parental rights

• Oversees conservatorships and guardianships

• Provides legal advice to the county Board of Commissioners and all county departments, as needed, and represents the county in civil lawsuits

• Works closely with the Office of the Victim/Witness Coordinator and restraining orders

NOTE: Does not provide personal representation to individual residents

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

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

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

• Nonprofit program designed to provide guardianship to adult individuals found to be incapacitated to make their own decisions in areas such as health care and place of abode

• Most individual clients are elderly and have some form of mental illness or dementia

• We can take a certain number of adults under 55 who typically have developmental disabilities and/or mental illness

• While this service is set up to assist low-income adults, we welcome private guardianship's. Referrals and petitions can be made by family and friends

• We DO NOT provide conservatorship

Departments

• Civil Division: Advises and represents the community social services department under state and federal mandates

• Criminal Division: Prosecutes criminal acts and provides leadership to law enforcement

• Juvenile Division: Carries a caseload of both juvenile prosecution cases and child protection cases

• Victim-Witness Division: Fulfills statutorily mandated advocacy assistance, information, and services for victims and witnesses

• Services

• Child custody decrees

• Child support assistance/enforcement

• Conservatorship assistance

• County counsel

• Crime victim compensation

• Crime victim notification services

• Crime witness support

• Criminal law

• District Attorney

• Domestic/family violence legal services

• Estate entitlement assistance

• General crime victim assistance

• Guardianship assistance

• Juvenile diversion

• Paternity suits

• Paternity/maternity establishment

• Restraining order filing office

• Third Party involuntary commitment petition services

Neither the County Attorney nor his/her staff is allowed to represent private citizens.

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

The County Attorney cannot provide legal advice to citizens, but can refer them to a department, agency, or private law firm that can help them.

• Child custody decrees

• Child protection representation

• Child support assistance/enforcement

• Conservatorship assistance

• County counsel

• Court filing assistance

• Crime victim compensation

• Crime victim notification services

• Crime witness support

• Criminal law

• District Attorney

• Domestic/family violence legal services

• Estate entitlement assistance

• General crime victim assistance

• Guardianship assistance

• Juvenile delinquency prosecution and diversion

• Paternity suits

• Paternity/maternity establishment

• Permanent restraining orders

• Stalking/harassment orders

• Temporary/permanent restraining orders

• Third-party involuntary commitment petition services

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

• Conservatorship services
• Guardianship services
• Money management
• Foster care
• Board and lodging

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