What is a child support magistrate?
A child support magistrate is a judicial officer who handles only child support cases. In all Minnesota judicial districts, most hearings that involve only child support issues (as opposed to hearings that also involve child custody, parenting, or property issues) will be heard by a child support magistrate. If the hearing involves other issues, the matter will be heard by the family court judge (or, in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, a family court judge or referee).
