Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 110.09
All records made or received in connection with the official business of a SelfHelp Program relating to the address, e-mail address, telephone number or residence of a Self-Represented Litigant are not accessible to the public or the other party. This rule applies only to records of the Self-Help Program. It does not excuse Self-Represented Litigants from other rules that may require them to disclose their contact information in a manner that makes such contact information available to others.
Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 110.09
Advisory Committee Comment-2003 Adoption
Rule 110 is a new rule adopted in 2003 on the recommendation of a pro se implementation committee to facilitate access to and use of the courts by pro se litigants. It is modeled after similar family law provisions in other jurisdictions. See, e.g., Ca. Fam. Code §§ 10000 -100015 (West 2003); Fla .Fam. L. R. P. 12.750 (West 2003); Or .Rev. Stat. § 3.428(2003); Wash. Rev. Code § 26.12.240(2003); Wash. R. Gen. GR 27 (West 2003).
The rule defines and communicates to interested parties the role of Self-Help Personnel. Definition of roles is important because of the potential for confusion. Rule 110.03(b) intentionally limits the definition of Self-Help Personnel to exclude lawyers who provide services to one party, as is commonly done by legal service program attorneys. Because of this definition, Rule 110.07 does not limit the creation of an attorney-client relationship in such attorney-client relationships. Rules 110.07 -.08 recognize that Self-Help Personnel who are otherwise engaged in or authorized to engage in the practice of law may have obligations to clients outside the Self-Help Program that can affect their relationships to Self-Represented Litigants within the Self-Help Program.
Advisory Committee Comment-2015 Amendments
The amendments to Rule 110.09 add a protection of e-mail addresses received by the Self-Help Program. This rule does not require that information to be provided, but makes it clear that if it is provided, it is not available to either opposing party or to the public. The rule makes it clear that this provision relates only to the Self-Help Program, and does not create a broader confidentiality right for this information. This information may be required to be provided by other court rules, and may be held to be public under those rules.
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