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MN Certification of Dissolution

Quick Facts
  • Certification of Dissolution is conclusive evidence of divorce.
  • Certification is required for a person to remarry.

An attorney prepares and submits to the court a separate certificate of dissolution with the judgment and decree at the time the court grants the dissolution of marriage. After approval by the court and filing of the certificate of dissolution with the court administrator, the court administrator provides certified copies of the certificate of dissolution.

The certificate of dissolution is required for certain other legal proceedings, such as when one of the parties chooses to remarry.

Required Information

The certificate includes the following information:

  1. the full caption and file number of the case and the proper title;
  2. the names and any prior or other names of the parties to the dissolution;
  3. the names of any living minor or dependent children identified in the judgment and decree;
  4. that the marriage of the parties is dissolved;
  5. the date of the judgment and decree; and
  6. the Social Security number of the parties to the dissolution and the Social Security number of any living minor or dependent children identified in the judgment and decree.

Certification

The certificate of dissolution is conclusive evidence under Minnesota law of the facts recited in the certificate. Conclusiveness is a nearly-unassailable status, which for example is much stronger than a presumption.