Fourth Judicial District (Self Help Ctr)

I went this morning to obtain a copy of my court order and also to finish up paperwork with the child support office. I was anticipating a long morning waiting but I was extremely surprised. We walked in right after 8am and waited 15-20 minutes for my turn. After I received my copies, I went to the child support office down the hall and spent a total of 10 minutes in there. I completed everything within an hour. I'm very pleased with how easy and quick it was. The personnel were also very nice and helpful.

If you're a male and are ever required to be at the Hennepin Family Court, don't expect to ever be treated fairly. Gender bias plays a big role in every decision, whether it's a Judge, Magistrate, Child Support Officer and even the County Mediation Staff. The time you spend here will be a waste of time as you are always viewed as a perpetrator and the female is always viewed as a victim. If you're getting divorced, move to another county and file before she does.

The entire Hennepin County courts system is a Failure!!! The family courts specifically is a huge dissapointing experience... Unless you receive section 8 housing, foods stamps and collect the check, you will be paying filing fees for every petitioner/ motion brought forth to the courts. $299-$349 for single motions pertaining to child support. Even filing responses is additional costs in the hundreds of dollars range. nThe self help desk is useless because all the clerks state is "I can't give you legal advice..." Um, I'm not asking for advice from a paper pusher... I wanted information on what documents I need to fill out for specific matters I want to bring forth to the courts... nI just hired an attorney to handle it for me... The filing fees are costly and the clerks may not even direct you in filing the correct motions anyway... It's a mess@ the self help desk and I'm surprised if anyone can honestly file anything successfully when they aren't on the welfare system... Seeing as if you do collect the check the county automatically files and petitions all the necessary documents and waives the required fees. nHire people who are knowledgable and actually want to help direct individuals to what they need in order to file successfully.

I used the legal services provided by HCFS to review my divorce paperwork before filing. The lawyer I worked with was very thorough. She gets 5 stars. She took her time to review all of my pages to ensure no information was missing or incorrect.

Personally like process 5! What a run!