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Required Information

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The summary disposition documents should be drafted by your attorney.
If any of the required information is omitted, the document may be defective.

According to the Minnesota statutes, a summary real estate disposition judgment must contain the following information to be complete and satisfactory for filing:

The full caption and file number of the case and the title "Summary Real Estate Disposition Judgment";
The dates of the spouses' marriage and of the entry of the judgment and decree of dissolution;
The names of the spouses' attorneys;
The name of the judge and referee who signed the order for judgment and decree;
Whether the judgment and decree resulted from a stipulation, a default, or a trial and the appearances at the default or trial;
If the judgment and decree resulted from a stipulation, whether the real property was described by a legal description;
If the judgment and decree resulted from a default, whether the petition contained the legal description of the property and whether disposition was made in accordance with the request for relief;
Whether the summons and petition were served personally upon the respondent;
If the summons and petition were served on the respondent only by publication, the name of each legal newspaper and county in which the summons and petition were published and the dates of publications;
Whether either spouse changed the his or her name through the judgment and decree;
The legal description of each parcel of real estate;
The name or names of the persons awarded an interest in each parcel of real estate and a description of the interest awarded;
Liens, mortgages, encumbrances, or other interests in the real estate described in the judgment and decree; and
Triggering or contingent events set forth in the judgment and decree affecting the disposition of each parcel of real estate.