Each child support magistrate is bound by the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct. The exceptions set forth in the Application of the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct relating to part-time judges apply to child support magistrates appointed on a part-time or contract basis.
Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 367.05
Advisory Committee Comment
A comment to the Application Section of the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct provides that “anyone, whether or not a lawyer, who is an officer of a judicial system and who performs judicial functions, including an officer such as a referee, special master or magistrate” is a judge within the meaning of the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct.
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