Procedure for Requesting Access to Confidential Financial Source Documents

(a) Motion. Any person may file a motion, supported by affidavit showing good cause, for access to Confidential Financial Source Documents or portions of the documents. Written notice of the motion to all parties is required. (b) Waiver of Notice. If the person seeking access cannot locate a party to provide the notice required under this rule, after making a good faith reasonable effort to provide such notice as required by applicable court rules, an affidavit may be filed with the court setting forth the efforts to locate the party and requesting waiver of the notice provisions of this rule. The court may waive the notice requirements of this rule if the court finds that further good faith efforts to locate the party are unlikely to be successful. (c) Balancing Test. The court shall allow access to Confidential Financial Source Documents, or relevant portions of the documents, if the court finds that the public interest in granting access or the personal interest of the person seeking access outweighs the privacy interests of the parties Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. 49 GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE MINNESOTA COURT RULES or dependent children. In granting access the court may impose conditions necessary to balance the interests consistent with this rule. (Amended effective July 1, 2014; amended effective July 1, 2015; renumbered effective January 1, 2021.)