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

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

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

- 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

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.

Represents the county in the following types of cases:

- Child protection/CHIPS cases

• Child support and paternity

• Commitments

• Conservatorship

• Criminal and delinquency prosecution

• Guardianships

• Legal representation of boards and agencies

- Vulnerable adult protection

Provides legal services for the county including:

- Child support and paternity matters

- Conservatorships

- Guardianships

- Legal representation of county departments, land acquisitions, employment issues, liability claims, ordinances, contract negotiations, appeals, expungements, and other civil matters

- Prosecutes criminal cases and juvenile matters

- Restraining and harassment orders

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

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

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

Provides the following county 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

Handles matters falling under the Indian Child Welfare Act:

- Adoptions

- Education regarding the Act - Foster placement proceedings

- Guardianship proceedings

- Termination of parental rights

- Third-party custody cases

- Voluntary placement matters

Note: Does not handle divorce, family court, or delinquency criminal cases

Provides legal assistance in criminal matters from petty misdemeanors to felonies, as well as many areas of civil law.

Civil Law - General

- Collections

- Commitment

- Expungement

- Garnishment

- General Assistance

- Housing

- Landlord/Tenant

- Name Change

- Native American Enrollment

- Public Assistance

- SSI

- Unemployment

- Unlawful Detainer

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Civil Law - Family

- Child Support

- CHIPS

- Custody

- Dissolution

- Guardianship

- Harassment

- Long Term Foster Care

- Orders for Protection

- Paternity

- Termination of Parental Rights

- Visitation

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

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

- Child custody decrees

- Child protection cases

- Child support and paternity matters

- CHIPS cases

- Commitments

- Conservatorships

- County civil matters

- Crime victim assistance and compensation

- Crime victim notification service

- Crime witness support

- Delinquency cases; juvenile court

- Domestic violence legal services

- Guardianships

- Juvenile diversion

- Legal representation of county boards and county agencies

- Prosecutes criminal cases

- Restraining and harassment orders; orders for protection

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

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

- Child protection cases

- Child support and paternity matters

- Conservatorships

- County civil matters

- Guardianships

- Legal representation of Rice 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

- Victim/witness support services

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

- Child custody decrees

- Child protection representation

- Child support assistance/enforcement

- Conservatorship assistance

- County counsel

- Crime victim notification services

- Crime witness support

- Criminal law

- District Attorney

- General crime victim assistance

- Guardianship assistance

- Juvenile delinquency prosecution and diversion

- Paternity suits

- Paternity/maternity establishment

- Stalking/harassment orders

- Third-party involuntary commitment petition services

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

- 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

Offers placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Provides necessary legal representation in criminal matters, civil matters, juvenile matters, and child protection matters; providing representation to county departments and legal advice concerning county legislative matters; and providing assistance and support in law enforcement training. Services include:

- Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Commitments - Conservatorships - Criminal and delinquency prosecution - Guardianships