Acknowledgment, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Adoptees
Address, filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27
Adoption records, access, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2252
African American and disproportionately represented children, see same under this topic
Birth parents, see same under this topic
Communication or contact with birth relatives, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.58, 259.59, 260C.619, 260C.635
Consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24, 260C.629
Death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27, 260C.613
Decree, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.57
Defined as dependent children
Legislators retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 3A.01
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2024 352.01
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.01
Small employer insurance plans, Minn. Statutes 2024 62L.02
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, Minn. Statutes 2024 354A.011
Defined as surviving children, Minn. Statutes 2024 356.303
Genetic siblings, right to information about, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.83
Grants to, higher education, Minn. Statutes 2024 136A.1241
Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 62A.27, 62Q.23
Hearing on petition, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49
Indian children, see same under this topic
Intestate succession
Adoption pending, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.2-118
Genetic parent relationship, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.2-119
Inheritance by and from child, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.635
Locating birth parents, rights, Minn. Rules 9560.0170
Medical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.055, 256B.057, 259A.65
Minority children, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.0651
Preadoption residence, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Social and medical histories, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.83, 259A.01, 260C.609
Stepchildren, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.2-119
Terminal illness, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27, 260C.613
Trusts, beneficial ownership statements, domestic stock insurance company securities, Minn. Rules 2715.5000
Unmarried minor children, Minn. Statutes 2024 257C.08
Adoption agencies
Access to data, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.41, 259.61
Adoption studies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21, 259.41, 259.47
Audits, Minn. Statutes 2024 142B.10, 259.45
Background checks, see Human services licensees under BACKGROUND CHECKS AND STUDIES
Birth parent history requests, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.83
Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.05
Certified records, birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.225
Child placement decisions, records, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.31
Child-placing agencies, definitions, Minn. Rules 9560.0020
Consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Contracts, family recruitment, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.77
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 259A.01
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.29, 259.37, 259.45
Expense statements, filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Family recruitment, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.77
Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37, 259.45
Gifts to, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.77
Grants to, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.77
Investigations, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Licenses, see under HUMAN SERVICES
Misrepresentation, lawsuits, damages, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27
Orders, audits, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.45
Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22
Postadoption search services data, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.88
Private agencies, see PRIVATE CHILD-CARING AND CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Prospective adoptive parents, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Purchase of service contracts, Minn. Statutes 2024 259A.75
Records and record keeping, see same under this topic
Religious societies, and civil marriages, Minn. Statutes 2024 517.201
Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22, 259.45, 259.53
Surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2024 142B.10
Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37, 259.45
Adoption assistance program, see ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Adoption exchange, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.75
Adoption studies and reports, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.41, 260C.611
Adoptive homes, suitability, certification, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.05
Adoptive parents
Address, filing with agency, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27
Adoption studies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21, 259.41, 259.47, 260C.611
Agreements by, communication or contact, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.58, 260C.619, 260C.635
Attorney fees, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.65
Background checks and studies, see same under this topic
Birth parent histories, see same under this topic
Bonding leave, family and medical benefit insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2024 268B.085
Cooperation, background checks, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 125A.27, 259A.01, 260C.603
Guardians, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.65
Intent to adopt, notice given, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.03
Legal effect of adoption, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.635
Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27, 259.35
Parenting leave, see PREGNANCY AND PARENTING LEAVE
Parents with disabilities, supportive parenting services, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Payments by, petitions, agency motions and reports, costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22
Postadoption services, Minn. Rules 9560.0170
Preplacement requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060
Prospective adoptive parents, see same under this topic
Recruitment, Minn. Rules 9560.0040
Reimbursement, nonrecurring expenses, children with special needs, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.73
Social and medical histories for children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.609
Stepparents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.43, 259.53
Suitability determination, Minn. Rules 9560.0140
Termination of parental rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.301
Termination of placement, notice, Minn. Rules 9560.0110
Adoptive siblings, defined as family for child care programs, Minn. Statutes 2024 142E.01
Adult adoption, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21, 259.241
Affidavits, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0170
Anonymity of parents, disclosure, Indian children, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.34
Birth parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2254, 259.39, 259.47
Hearings on petition, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49
Prospective adoptive parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Temporary preadoptive custody, emergency orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
African American and disproportionately represented children
Best interests of child, placement, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.67
Child custody proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.67
Family reunification, preferences, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.64
Return of custody, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.66
Agencies, see Adoption agencies under this topic
Agency audits, Minn. Statutes 2024 142B.10, 259.45
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.63, 260C.633
Attorneys, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.65
Authority to place for adoption, agreement, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.25
Availability for adoption, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.317
Background checks and studies
Adoption assistance program, Minn. Statutes 2024 259A.10
Adoption studies, Minn. Statutes 2024 245C.33, 245C.34, 259.41
Adoptive parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.601
Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 245C.10
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.20, 259.29, 259.41, 259.57
Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.93
Birth certificates, see Birth records under this topic
Birth parent histories
Agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.83
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.609
Defined as placement activities, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.43
Prospective adoptive parents, custody motions, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Birth parents
Acknowledgment, agency disclosures, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Address, filing with agency, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27
Affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2254, 259.47
Agreements by, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Communication or contact with adopted child, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.58, 259.59, 260C.619, 260C.635
Consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24, 260C.629
Consents, Minn. Rules 9560.0030
Contact preference form, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2253
Counseling, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.27, 260C.613
Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020
Expenses, payment by prospective adoptive parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.55
Histories, see Birth parent histories under this topic
Identifying information, agency disclosures, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.83
Information about, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2252
Lawsuits, agencies, disclosure violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Legal counsel, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Legal rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.635
Locating, Minn. Rules 9560.0170
Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.74, 259.24, 259.27, 259.47, Minn. Rules 9560.0170
Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.55
Placement, preferences, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.29, 259.57
Searches for, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.88
Signatures, agency disclosure statements, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Stepparent adoptions, confirmation of adoption, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.61
Terminal illness, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.613
Termination of parental rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47, Minn. Rules 9560.0030
Waivers, direct adoptive placement, counseling, legal counsel, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Birth records
Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.225
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2252, 144.2254
Indians, use for tribal enrollment or membership, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2252
Original birth records, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.218
Replacement birth records, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.218
Right to obtain, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.83
Birth records, disclosure, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0170
Change of name, see CHANGE OF NAME
Child custody proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.20, 518D.103
Child-placing agencies, see Adoption agencies under this topic
Children in need of protection or services, Minn. Rules 9560.0410 to 9560.0485
Parental consent, exception, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Placement, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.201
Children over age 14, consent to adoption, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24, 260C.629
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.612, 259A.01, 260C.601 to 260C.635
Communication or contact agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.58, 259.59, 260C.619, 260C.635
Confidential or privileged information, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Consent, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0040
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.629
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24, 259.25, 259.47
Putative fathers, denial of paternity, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.52
Costs
Adoption studies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.41
Birth parent expenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47, 259.55
Children's homes, Minn. Statutes 2024 317A.907
Expense statements, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.55
Fees, see same under this topic
Legal counsel, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Nonrecurring expenses, special needs children, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.73
Payment by prospective adoptive parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.55
Private child-caring and child-placing agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 317A.907
Damages, adoption agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37, 259.45
Data, see Adoption under GOVERNMENT DATA
Decrees
Certified copies, foreign persons, replacement birth records, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.218
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.631
Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.218
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.57
Intercountry adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.60
Definitions
Accident and health insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 65A.27
Adoptees, see same under this topic
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.603
Custodial trusts, Minn. Statutes 2024 529.01
Drivers' license records, Minn. Rules 7410.0100
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21, 259.24, Minn. Rules 9560.0015, 9560.0020
Juvenile Court Act, juvenile protection provisions, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.007
Permanency dispositions, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.007
Transfers to minors, Minn. Statutes 2024 527.21
Dependent or neglected children, hearing on petition, notice, service on guardian, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49
Developmentally disabled persons
Consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Public guardian, powers, Minn. Statutes 2024 252A.111
Developmentally disabled persons, public guardians, consent, Minn. Rules 9525.3040
Direct placement adoptions
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.45, 259.47, 260.781
Preadoptive placement, licensing, Minn. Statutes 2024 142B.05
Reports, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Disabled children
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 259A.01, 260C.601 to 260C.635
Expenses, see Costs under this topic
Special needs, adoption assistance, see ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Disabled children, special needs, Minn. Rules 9560.0040
Disclosure
Adoption agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.29, 259.37, 259.45
Birth certificate information, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.225
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Indian children
Child-placing agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.761
Eligibility for Tribal enrollment or membership, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.781
Prospective adoptive parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.613
Records, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53, 259.79
Discrimination, Minn. Rules 9560.0670
Discrimination prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.613
Effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.59
Emotionally disturbed children, consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Equitable adoption, intestate succession, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.2-122
Ethnic minorities, see Minority children under this topic
Exchange, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.75
Execution, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Family reunification services, see FAMILY REUNIFICATION
Fathers' adoption registry, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21, 259.49, 259.52
Fees
Adoption agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37, 259.45
Petitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.52, 357.021
Foreign adoption birth records, certified birth certificates, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2525
Foster children, criteria, Minn. Rules 9560.0050
Governing law, Indian children, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.201
Grandparent visitation, adopted child, Minn. Statutes 2024 257C.08, 259.78, 518.1752
Grants for, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.03, 259.77
Guardians ad litem
Access to reports on suitability, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Appointment, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.65
Guardians and conservators
Hearing on petition, notice about, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49
Minor unmarried parents, guardian's consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49
Hearings
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.607, 260C.627 to 260C.631
Confidentiality, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.61
Consent procedures, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Hearings on petition, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49, 259.53, 260C.627
Home studies, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.212
Independent placements
Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020
Requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0120, 9560.0130
Indian children, Minn. Rules 9560.0040
Active efforts to preserve family, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.762
Background checks, adoption studies, Minn. Statutes 2024 245C.34
Best interests of child, placement, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.29, 259.57
Child custody proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.20
Child's tribe, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2252, 260.761
Consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.629
Consent or withdrawal, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.765
Disclosure, eligibility for Tribal enrollment or membership, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.781
Enrollment in tribe, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.635
Extended family members, identification, social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.761
Indian Child Welfare Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.0651, 259.201, 259.57
Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.201
Return of custody, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.774
Intercountry adoptions, Minn. Rules 9560.0150, 9560.0160
Adoptive homes, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.05
Procedures, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.60
Putative fathers, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.52
Interstate adoption, Minn. Rules 9560.0150
Interstate adoption compacts, Minn. Statutes 2024 259A.65, 260C.615, 260C.621
Investigations
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.03, 257.04
Nonrelative homes, Minn. Rules 9560.0130
Petitions, Minn. Rules 9560.0160
Jurisdiction, juvenile courts, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.23, 260C.101, 260C.621
Juvenile protection proceedings, purpose, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.001
Lawsuits
Adoption agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37, 259.45
Birth parents, payment violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.55
Conciliation courts, no jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2024 491A.01
Paternity, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.57
Placement violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47, 259.55
Legal counsel, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Legal effect, children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.635
Licenses, see under HUMAN SERVICES
Members of beneficiary's family, Minn. Statutes 2024 529.01
MinnesotaCare, coverage for adopted children, Minn. Rules 9506.0030
Minority children, Minn. Rules 9560.0040
Adoption agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.0651
African American and disproportionately represented children, see same under this topic
Indian children, see same under this topic
Nonrelative homes, independent placement, Minn. Rules 9560.0130
Ombudsperson for families, see OMBUDSPERSON FOR FAMILIES
Orders
Adoption agencies, audits, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.45
African American and disproportionately represented children, juvenile court, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.66, 260.67
Direct adoptive placement, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Indian children, juvenile court, Minn. Statutes 2024 260.781
Temporary preadoptive custody, emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Parent and child relationship, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.54, 524.2-118
Parenting leave, see PREGNANCY AND PARENTING LEAVE
Parents
Adoptive parents, see same under this topic
Birth parents, see same under this topic
Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49
Prospective adoptive parents, see same under this topic
Petitions, Minn. Rules 9560.0160
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.623, 260C.627 to 260C.633
Contents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.23
Denial, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.57, 260C.633
Filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22, 259.23, 259.47, 260C.623, 357.021
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49, 259.53
Intercountry adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.60
Prospective adoptive parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22
Residence, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22, 259.23
Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.52
Verification, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.23, 259.53
Placement
Adoption placement agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.607, 260C.613, 260C.615, 260C.623
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.605 to 260C.607, 260C.613
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21, 260C.603
Local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 393.07
Petitions, filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22
Preadoptive placement, human services licensing, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2024 142B.05, 245A.03
Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47, 259.55
Placement agreements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060
Placement prevention services, see PLACEMENT PREVENTION
Policy of state
Best interests of child, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.29, 259.57, 260.62, 260.67
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.20
Indian children, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.29, 259.57
Religious preference, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.29, 259.57
Postadoption services, see POSTADOPTION SERVICES
Postplacement assessments, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47, 259.53
Postplacement services
Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020
Requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060
Preplacement requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060
Private agencies, see PRIVATE CHILD-CARING AND CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Process
Agencies, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.601 to 260C.635
Legal requirements, statements, Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37, 259.39
Prospective adoptive parents
Adoption studies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21, 259.41, 259.47, 260C.611
Agency disclosure statements, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.603
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.613
Expense statements, filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Names, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.41
Parents with disabilities, supportive parenting services, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Payments by
Adoption studies, costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.41
Agency costs, motions for orders, reports, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22
Agency fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Birth parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47, 259.55
Direct adoptive placement, legal costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.55
Recruitment, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.605
Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 9560.0010
Records and record keeping
Access, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.2252
Birth records, disclosure, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0170
Certified copies, definitions, Minn. Rules 7410.0100
Child placement decisions, adoption agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.31
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.609, 260C.613, 260C.625, 260C.629
Confidentiality, juvenile court records, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.61
Contents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.79
Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2024 13.10, 259.79
Direct adoptive placement, adoption agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53, 259.79
Purchase of service records retention, Minn. Statutes 2024 259A.75
Requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0170, 9560.0180
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.01, 257.066
Retention, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47, 259.79
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.066, 259.87
Transfer and storage, costs, surety bonds for, licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 142B.10
Treatment, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 13.10
Use, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.79
Recruitment efforts, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.317
Referral services, adoption agencies, disclosure statements, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.37
Relatives
Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020
Preference, Minn. Rules 9560.0040
Reports about
Children, out-of-home placement, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.0725
Children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.625
Confidentiality, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Investigations, part of court file, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Safe Place for Newborns adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.150
Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 9560.0015
Siblings
Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Placed together, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.613, 260C.617
Social and medical histories, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.83, 259A.01, 260C.609
Special laws regarding, Minn. Const. art 12 s 1
Special needs children, adoption assistance program, see ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Special needs children, requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0040
Standards, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
State adoption exchange, Minn. Rules 9560.0040
Studies
Defined as placement activities, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.21
Direct adoptive placement, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.41, 259.47
Suitability studies
Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020
Generally, Minn. Rules 9560.0140
Support services
Adoptive parents with disabilities, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Ombudsperson for families, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.0762
Termination of parental rights, Minn. Rules 9560.0030
Termination of placement, Minn. Rules 9560.0110
Transfers to minors, see TRANSFERS TO MINORS
Transportation of child, independent placements, Minn. Rules 9560.0120
Venue, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.23, 259.47, 260C.621
Waivers
Birth parents, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Children under guardianship of commissioner, prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2024 260C.605
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.22
Hearing on petition, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24, 259.49
Legal counsel, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.47
Preadoption residence, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.53
Witnesses
Consents, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.24
Hearing on petition, waiver of notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 259.49