Location of Participants

During the ITV hearing: (a) The judge may be at any terminal site. (b) The court clerk shall be in the venue county unless otherwise authorized by the presiding judge. (c) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 131.05(d) regarding commitment proceedings, counsel for the parties shall be present at the site from which the party they represent will participate in the hearing, unless the court approves another location prior to the hearing, and witnesses and other interested parties may be located at any terminal site that will allow satisfactory video and audio reception at all other sites. Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. 133 GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE MINNESOTA COURT RULES (d) In commitment proceedings, the respondent's attorney shall be present at the ITV site from which the respondent will participate in the proceedings. (Added effective March 1, 2009.)