DOMESTIC ABUSE
Prepared by:
Melinda Hugdahl, Staff Attorney
Legal Services Advocacy Project
651-842-6907
mthugdahl@mnlsap.org

I. DOMESTIC ABUSE NO CONTACT ORDER (DANCO)
Regular Session, Chapter 79 (SF 882)
Amends Minn. Stat. §299C.10, subd. 1
Effective August 1, 2011, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.

Adds violation of Domestic Abuse No Contact Order (DANCO) to the list of "targeted misdemeanors" that require fingerprinting and collection of other data sent to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

II. ORDERS FOR PROTECTION
Regular Session, Chapter 116, Article 1, Section 8 (HF 1023)
Amends Minn. Stat. § 518B.01, subd. 8
Effective August 1, 2011

Permits service of dismissal order of Order for Protection to be served by certified mail as an alternative to personal service.

III. SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM
Regular Session, Chapter 116, Article 1, Section 1 (HF 1023)
Adds Minn. Stat. § 5B.11
Effective August 1, 2011

Clarifies that when a Safe at Home program participant is involved in a legal proceeding, the court (or other tribunal) may issue a protective order to prevent disclosure of information that could reasonably lead to discovery of the participant's location.