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“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.” (dismissing appeal as moot when appellants lacked a current interest in the real property at issue and no mootness exceptions applied ).

“The mootness doctrine is not a mechanical rule that is automatically invoked whenever the underlying dispute between the parties is settled or otherwise resolved.”

Thus, an appeal must be dismissed as moot “when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”

“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”

( stating appellate courts will dismiss an appeal “as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible”).

4 “Mootness has been described as the doctrine of standing set in a time frame: The requisite personal interest that must exist at the commencement of the litigation (standing) must continue throughout its existence (mootness).” - 5 (Minn. 2015) (quotation omitted).

Appellate courts should dismiss an issue as moot “when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”

“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”

An issue is moot if “a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.” d 1, 5 (Minn. 2015).

A case becomes moot when “an award of effective relief is no longer possible.” Dean v. City of Winona

“Justiciability is an issue of law, which we review de novo.”

The State Patrol nevertheless urges reversal, relying on the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decisions in Hansen v. Robert Half International, Inc.

“Justiciability is an issue of law, which we review de novo.”

We may still consider a moot issue if an exception to the general rule applies, including when the issues are “capable of repetition, yet evade review,” or when the “case is functionally justiciable and presents an important question of statewide significance that should be decided immediately.” -6, (Minn. 2015) (quotation omitted).

We must dismiss an issue on appeal as moot “when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”

(an appeal is moot when “an award of effective relief is no longer possible”).

Appellate courts dismiss an appeal as moot “when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”

(“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”).

“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.” .

Bar Association to appoint counsel to file a brief in response to J.’s brief, and the MSBA did so.5 ANALYSIS Our analysis must begin by addressing whether this appeal presents a justiciable controversy, a question that appointed counsel raised for the first time in their brief filed with this court.6 “Justiciability is an issue of law, which we review de novo.”

(holding an issue is moot if “an award of effective relief is no longer possible”).

See Dean v. City of Winona , (concluding that an issue becomes moot when “an award of effective relief is no longer possible”).

But “[t]he mootness doctrine is not a mechanical rule that is automatically invoked whenever the underlying dispute between the parties is settled or otherwise resolved.”

Generally, we will dismiss an action as moot “when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.” Dean v. City of 12 Winona

“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”

“The Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure require that a civil complaint ‘contain a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.’ A complaint should put a ‘defendant on notice of the claims against him.’” (quoting Minn. R. Civ.

“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when a decision on the merits is no longer necessary or an award of effective relief is no longer possible.”