518.195 Repealed, 1991 c 271 s 9; 1996 c 408 art 11 s 9 

*   NOTE:  This section was also amended by Laws 1997, chapter 
*245, article 2, section 5, to read as follows:  

*   "518.195 Summary dissolution process. 

*   Subdivision 1.    Criteria.  A couple desirous of 
*dissolving their marriage may use the streamlined procedure in 
*this section if: 

*   (1) no living minor children have been born to or adopted 
*by the parties before or during the marriage, unless someone 
*other than the husband has been adjudicated the father; 

*   (2) the wife is not pregnant; 

*   (3) they have been married fewer than eight years as of the 
*date they file their joint declaration; 

*   (4) neither party owns any real estate; 

*   (5) there are no unpaid debts in excess of $8,000 incurred 
*by either or both of the parties during the marriage, excluding 
*encumbrances on automobiles; 

*   (6) the total fair market value of the marital assets does 
*not exceed $25,000, including net equity on automobiles; 

*   (7) neither party has nonmarital assets in excess of 
*$25,000; and 

*   (8) neither party has been a victim of domestic abuse by 
*the other. 

*   Subd. 2.    Procedure.  A couple qualifying under all of 
*the criteria in subdivision 1, may obtain a judgment and decree 
*by: 

*   (1) filing a sworn joint declaration, on which both of 
*their signatures must be notarized, containing or appending the 
*following information: 

*   (i) the demographic data required in section 518.10; 

*   (ii) verifying the qualifications set forth in subdivision 
*1; 

*   (iii) listing each party's nonmarital property; 

*   (iv) setting forth how the marital assets and debts will be 
*apportioned; 

*   (v) verifying both parties' income and preserving their 
*rights to spousal maintenance; and 

*   (vi) certifying that there has been no domestic abuse of 
*one party by the other; and 

*   (2) viewing any introductory and summary process 
*educational videotapes, if then available from the court, and 
*certifying that they watched any such tapes within the 30 days 
*preceding the filing of the joint declaration. 

*   The district court administrator shall enter a decree of 
*dissolution 30 days after the filing of the joint declaration if 
*the parties meet the statutory qualifications and have complied 
*with the procedural requirements of this subdivision. 

*   Subd. 3.    Forms.  The state court administrator shall 
*develop simplified forms and instructions for the summary 
*process.  District court administrators shall make the forms for 
*the summary process available upon request and shall accept 
*joint declarations for filing on and after July 1, 1997. 

*   Subd. 4.  Repealed by amendment, 1997 c 245 art 2 s 5 "