1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to courts; providing for appeal of Fourth Judicial District Family Court 
1.3 	referee orders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 484.65, subdivision 9.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 484.65, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 9.Referees; review appeal. All recommended orders and findings of 
1.7 	a referee shall be subject to confirmation by said district court judge. Review of any 
1.8 	recommended order or finding of a referee by the district court judge may be had by 
1.9 	notice served and filed within ten days of effective notice of such recommended order or 
1.10 	finding. The notice of review shall specify the grounds for such review and the specific 
1.11 	provisions of the recommended findings or orders disputed, and said district court judge, 
1.12 	upon receipt of such notice of review, shall set a time and place for such review hearing.
1.13 	Fourth Judicial District Family Court referee orders and decrees may be appealed directly 
1.14 	to the Court of Appeals in the same manner as judicial orders and decrees. The time for 
1.15 	appealing an appealable referee order runs from service by any party of written notice of 
1.16 	the filing of the confirmed order.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.