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Processes court cases filed in Swift County and offers other legal services, including:
- Civil Court
- Collects case filing fees and fines
- Court records
- Family Court: Cases involving families, divorce, domestic abuse actions, harassment, child custody, and paternity
- Jury Management
- Law Library
- Prepares court orders under the direction of the judge, examples include: arrest warrants, subpoenas, writs of execution, writs of restitution, and others
Processes court cases filed in Yellow Medicine County for the following court offices:
- Civil and family court
- Conciliation court
- Criminal and traffic court
- Housing court
- Juvenile court
- Mental health court
- Probate court
Other court services:
- Coordination of court activities and schedules court calendars. Confidential cases are not posted on the calendar.
- County law enforcement records and files
- Court records
- Issues warrants, subpoenas, and executes judgements
- Jury selection
- Performs civil marriage ceremonies
- Stalking/Harassment Orders
- Temporary Restraining Order filing office
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- Civil case filings
- Criminal/traffic
- Family/probate
- Juvenile
- Small claims
- All required reports necessary for good case management
- Collection and disbursement of fines and fees
- Court-ordered restitution
- Jury selection
- Processing and calendaring of court cases
- Safeguarding of all court records
- Temporary Restraining Order Filing
Supports victims of domestic or sexual violence immediately after police response. Provides advocacy services throughout criminal court proceedings. Additional services provided:
- Assists victims in writing of Orders of Protection and Harassment Orders
- Transportation may be available
Provides victim-centered advocacy services for individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and related crimes. Advocates offer confidential, nonjudgmental support by listening, providing information and referrals, and helping individuals identify their options while respecting each person's right to guide their own process and make their own decisions.
Services include:
- Advocacy: Assistance obtaining Emergency Protective Orders, Permanent Restraining Orders, Stalking/Harassment Orders, Temporary Restraining Orders, housing, community services, and medical appointments
- Confidential services
- Community education and professional training
- Crisis line
- Emergency services, including transportation to medical facilities, law enforcement, and safe housing
- Individual and group support
- Prevention and Rapid Rehousing services through the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP)
- Safety planning
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Services include:
- Assistance with finding safe (shelter) housing
- Assistance with lock changes, food, shelter and phone reconnection/repair, window and door repair due to assault
- Attendance at court appearances resulting from domestic assault in Hennepin County
- Orders for Protection and harassment restraining orders
- Personal safety planning
- Transportation to court, safety, and medical care
Legal representation and/or advice with critical legal needs in family law: - Criminal Temporary Protective Orders, Emergency Protective Orders, Permanent Restraining Orders, Stalking/Harassment Orders, and Temporary Restraining Orders - Custody between parents - Divorce - Grandparent custody - Some other critical legal needs with other civil legal problems
Processes court cases filed in Watonwan County and offers other legal services, including:
- Civil cases
- Court records
- Criminal cases
- Family court matters
- Jury information
- Juvenile cases
- Law library resources
- Orders for protection
- Probate cases
- Teen court
- Traffic cases
Provides victim-centered advocacy services for individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and related crimes. Advocates offer confidential, nonjudgmental support by listening, providing information and referrals, and helping individuals identify their options while respecting each person's right to guide their own process and make their own decisions.
Services include:
- Advocacy: Assistance obtaining Emergency Protective Orders, Permanent Restraining Orders, Stalking/Harassment Orders, Temporary Restraining Orders, housing, community services, and medical appointments
- Confidential services
- Community education and professional training
- Crisis line
- Emergency services, including transportation to medical facilities, law enforcement, and safe housing
- Individual and group support
- Prevention and Rapid Rehousing services through the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP)
- Safety planning
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Provide support to those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services may include: - 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: Provides a hotline for advocacy, resources, and shelter for all victims of violence. The hotline provides information and safety planning to support victims. - Advocacy: Legal advocates can help victims navigate and explain the legal system in criminal and civil protective order cases. Helps victims work with local police, city, and county attorneys to advocate on the victim's behalf. Assist in filing Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders. Attend court hearings with victims to provide information and support and more. - Emergency Shelter: A 24-hour domestic violence and sexual violence emergency shelter within Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, and Pine counties. The Black Dog Hill Shelter provides secure emergency shelter and access to basic needs to survivors and children. Basic needs include meals, toiletries, clothing, linens, diapers, laundry facilities, and access to a food shelf. - Intervention: Offers a Batterers Intervention Program to those interested and/or court-ordered to participate in a psycho-educational group led by trained professional facilitators. Participants learn to identify abusive behaviors and are taught to react to situations non-abusively and communicate with their partner. - Support Groups: Provides support groups to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through empowerment, conversations, and activities. Meetings are held in-person and virtual and times will vary by county office.
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Provides victim-centered advocacy services for individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and related crimes. Advocates offer confidential, nonjudgmental support by listening, providing information and referrals, and helping individuals identify their options while respecting each person's right to guide their own process and make their own decisions.
Services include:
- Advocacy: Assistance obtaining Emergency Protective Orders, Permanent Restraining Orders, Stalking/Harassment Orders, Temporary Restraining Orders, housing, community services, and medical appointments
- Confidential services
- Community education and professional training
- Crisis line
- Emergency services, including transportation to medical facilities, law enforcement, and safe housing
- Individual and group support
- Prevention and Rapid Rehousing services through the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP)
- Safety planning
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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
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Provides the following services for women who have experienced abuse emotionally, psychologically, sexually, and/or physically by their significant partner:
- 24 hour crisis line for those experiencing abuse
- Assistance at the hospital following a 911 or crisis call
- Court assistance
- Emergency safe housing
- Exploring housing & financial aid options
- Individual or group support
- Information on filing an Order For Protection (OFP) or Harassment Restraining Order (HRO)
- Obtaining emergency food, clothing, or household items
- Prevention/early intervention education, or other help as may be needed
- Safety planning
- Support and advocacy
Domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy and therapeutic services program offered through a multi-year grant from the State Office of Justice Programs. Services include:
- Case management and resource referrals
- Emotional support and coping skills
- Group therapy
- Individual therapy including art therapy, Narrative Exposure Therapy, play therapy, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Information about victim rights and resources
- Learning about abuse, its effects, and opportunities for healing
- Legal Advocacy: Court and law enforcement interview accompaniment; applying for an Order for Protection or Harassment Restraining Order
- Safety planning
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Advocates provide support, information and referrals including:
- Assisting in financial assistance to help with expenses resulting from crime (reparations, restitution)
- Court advocacy
- Crisis line
- Explaining the steps of the criminal justice process
- Filing restraining orders (Order for Protection, Harassment Restraining Order)
- Providing referrals to community resources to help meet needs including counseling (and financial assistance for certain crime victims), etc.
- Providing support and advocacy during sexual assault medical exams
- Support through an interview with law enforcement
- Support through the healing process
- Understanding rights as a victim
Provides victim-centered advocacy services for individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and related crimes. Advocates offer confidential, nonjudgmental support by listening, providing information and referrals, and helping individuals identify their options while respecting each person's right to guide their own process and make their own decisions.
Services include:
- Advocacy: Assistance obtaining Emergency Protective Orders, Permanent Restraining Orders, Stalking/Harassment Orders, Temporary Restraining Orders, housing, community services, and medical appointments
- Confidential services
- Community education and professional training
- Crisis line
- Emergency services, including transportation to medical facilities, law enforcement, and safe housing
- Individual and group support
- Prevention and Rapid Rehousing services through the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP)
- Safety planning
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Provides eligible clients with advocacy and representation around criminal law and family law cases, and protection orders. Helps with legal matters in Hennepin, suburban Ramsey, and Washington counties.
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:
- Child protection cases
- CHIPS cases
- Commitments
- County civil matters
- Crime victim assistance and compensation
- Crime victim notification service
- Crime witness support
- Delinquency cases; juvenile court
- Juvenile diversion
- Legal representation of county boards and county agencies
- Prosecutes criminal cases
- Restraining and harassment orders; orders for protection
- Traffic violations
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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
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- Crime victim support and accompaniment services
- Domestic violence and sexual abuse counseling and therapy
- Domestic violence and sexual abuse support groups
- Emotional support
- Individual advocacy
- Legal assistance regarding Orders for Protection, Stalking/Harassment Orders, domestic/family violence, divorce, and custody. Provides lawyer referrals.
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Provides legal advocacy services including support with reporting to law enforcement, obtaining harassment restraining orders and orders for protection, and navigating the criminal justice system.
Provide support to those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services may include: - 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: Provides a hotline for advocacy, resources, and shelter for all victims of violence. The hotline provides information and safety planning to support victims. - Advocacy: Legal advocates can help victims navigate and explain the legal system in criminal and civil protective order cases. Helps victims work with local police, city, and county attorneys to advocate on the victim's behalf. Assist in filing Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders. Attend court hearings with victims to provide information and support and more. - Emergency Shelter: A 24-hour domestic violence and sexual violence emergency shelter within Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, and Pine counties. The Black Dog Hill Shelter provides secure emergency shelter and access to basic needs to survivors and children. Basic needs include meals, toiletries, clothing, linens, diapers, laundry facilities, and access to a food shelf. - Intervention: Offers a Batterers Intervention Program to those interested and/or court-ordered to participate in a psycho-educational group led by trained professional facilitators. Participants learn to identify abusive behaviors and are taught to react to situations non-abusively and communicate with their partner. - Support Groups: Provides support groups to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through empowerment, conversations, and activities. Meetings are held in-person and virtual and times will vary by county office.
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Provides the following services:
- Assistance in gathering and documenting evidence in criminal and civil cases
- Assistance with housing, education, employment, and connecting to public benefits and community resources
- Assistance with Orders for Protection/Harassment Orders
- Communication network linking survivors with probation officers, prosecuting attorneys, and law enforcement
- Criminal justice advocacy for victims
- GED assistance for domestic abuse victims
- If experiencing legal problems related to domestic violence, please call for screening and appointments
- Information and referral
- Support for victims including accompaniment to medical and legal procedures
- Visits to victims after perpetrator has been arrested
- Youth support groups and mentoring for children who have been exposed to domestic violence
Safety Planning Services for individuals in various scenarios:
- In a relationship
- Parenting time exchanges
- Post-arrest and release from jail
- Post-separation or throughout continued contact with an abuser
- Throughout the restraining order process
What's Here
Provide support to those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services may include: - 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: Provides a hotline for advocacy, resources, and shelter for all victims of violence. The hotline provides information and safety planning to support victims. - Advocacy: Legal advocates can help victims navigate and explain the legal system in criminal and civil protective order cases. Helps victims work with local police, city, and county attorneys to advocate on the victim's behalf. Assist in filing Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders. Attend court hearings with victims to provide information and support and more. - Emergency Shelter: A 24-hour domestic violence and sexual violence emergency shelter within Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, and Pine counties. The Black Dog Hill Shelter provides secure emergency shelter and access to basic needs to survivors and children. Basic needs include meals, toiletries, clothing, linens, diapers, laundry facilities, and access to a food shelf. - Intervention: Offers a Batterers Intervention Program to those interested and/or court-ordered to participate in a psycho-educational group led by trained professional facilitators. Participants learn to identify abusive behaviors and are taught to react to situations non-abusively and communicate with their partner. - Support Groups: Provides support groups to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through empowerment, conversations, and activities. Meetings are held in-person and virtual and times will vary by county office.