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CHILD CUSTODY

See also DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Access and visitation programs, federal funds, Minn. Law 2005 c 98 art 1 s 11

African American and disproportionately represented children

African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act, definitions, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 3

Children in need of protection or services, imminent physical damage or harm, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 3

Alternative dispute resolution, Minn. Law 2016 c 167

Appeals, appellate counsel and training office, parent attorneys, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 3 s 1

"Best interest of the child" standard, changes, Minn. Law 2015 c 30 art 1 s 1 to 2015 c 30 art 1 s 13

Best interests of the child

Defined, Minn. Law 2024 c 101 art 1 s 6

Public policy, Minn. Law 2024 c 101 art 1 s 2

Best interests of the child, defined, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 35

Child abuse, right of parent to be notified, Minn. Law 2012 c 153

Child custody proceedings, African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 8

Child custody proceedings, Indian Family Preservation Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 9

Child custody proceedings, third-party proceedings, revisor's corrections, Minn. Law 2016 c 158 art 1 s 149

Children of deployed armed forces members, Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, Minn. Law 2015 c 30 art 2 s 1 to 2015 c 30 art 2 s 6, 2015 c 30 art 3 s 1 to 2015 c 30 art 3 s 5, 2015 c 30 art 4 s 1 to 2015 c 30 art 4 s 9, 2015 c 30 art 5 s 1 to 2015 c 30 art 5 s 5, 2015 c 30 art 6 s 1 to 2015 c 30 art 6 s 3

Conviction of crimes, effect on custody, Minn. Law 2017 c 95 art 2 s 17

Costs and disbursements (courts), Minn. Law 2024 c 101 art 1 s 5

Courts

Cultural competency training, African American and disproportionately represented children, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 10

Findings, active efforts to preserve Indian family, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 19

Custodial parents, student dismissals, rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 27

Custodians

Living with convicted persons, notice about, Minn. Law 2006 c 280 s 1

Custody orders, at marriage dissolution, Minn. Law 2024 c 101 art 1 s 7

Custody orders, gender-affirming health care, Minn. Law 2023 c 29 s 1 to 2023 c 29 s 3

De facto custodians and interested third parties

Interested third party status, Minn. Law 2006 c 280 s 4, 5

Definitions

African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 3

Indian Family Preservation Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 4 to 2023 c 16 s 14, 39, 2024 c 115 art 17 s 3 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 14, 56

Juvenile Court Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 14 s 8, 9, 2024 c 115 art 17 s 50

Definitions, Juvenile Court Act, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 5

Deprivation of custodial or parental rights, reports about, child abuse and maltreatment, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 7 s 12

Disputes, evaluations, Minn. Law 2024 c 101 art 1 s 1

Disputes, parent education courses, Minn. Law 2004 c 273 s 10, 11

Domestic abuse, custodian defined, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 10 s 1

domestic abuse hearings, Minn. Law 2005 c 76

Familial status, defined, Minn. Law 2024 c 105 s 4

federal funds, Minn. Law 2005 c 98 art 1 s 23

Findings, Indian children, active efforts to preserve family, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 19

Foreign states, gender-affirming health care, application of laws, Minn. Law 2023 c 29 s 1

Indian children

Active efforts to preserve family, findings, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 19

Children in need of protection or services, imminent physical damage or harm, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 11

Indian Family Preservation Act, definitions, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 4 to 2023 c 16 s 14, 39, 2024 c 115 art 17 s 3 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 14, 56

Indian children, foster care, transferring case to title IV-E agency, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 6

Indian children, transferring case to tribal court, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 10 s 72

Initial determinations, Minn. Law 2023 c 29 s 2

Joint custody, factors for consideration, Minn. Law 2014 c 197 s 1

Joint physical child custody, study, Minn. Law 2008 c 299 s 25

Jurisdiction

Gender-affirming care, Minn. Law 2023 c 29 s 2 to 2023 c 29 s 4

Inconvenient forums, Minn. Law 2023 c 29 s 4

Initial child custody determinations, Minn. Law 2023 c 29 s 2

Temporary emergency, Minn. Law 2023 c 29 s 3

Legal custody, transfer to relatives, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 14, 2024 c 115 art 18 s 39

Legal services to low-income clients, family law matters, Minn. Law 2017 c 95 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 11 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 52 art 1 s 2

Medical cannabis patient registry program, presumptions, parent rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 58, 2024 c 121 art 2 s 119

Moving child to another state, Minn. Law 2006 c 280 s 10, 13, 14

Northstar successor custodians, Minn. Law 2015 c 71 art 1 s 67

Orders, parenting time, Minn. Law 2024 c 101 art 1 s 3

Parenting plans

Medical cannabis patient registry program, parent rights, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 119

Temporary relief, Minn. Law 2024 c 101 art 1 s 4

Parenting plans, modifications, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 16

Parenting plans, persons convicted of certain offenses, Minn. Law 2017 c 95 art 2 s 14

Parenting time, Minn. Law 2014 c 197 s 2, 3

Parents residing separately, school district residency, Minn. Law 2004 c 294 art 1 s 8

Parents, unmarried or legally separated, Minn. Law 2018 c 127

Parents with disabilities, rights, custody and parenting time, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 47

Petitions, joint petitions, Minn. Law 2018 c 127

Physical custody, transfer to relatives, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 39

Presumptions, joint physical custody, Minn. Law 2014 c 197 s 1

recodification, Minn. Law 2005 c 164, 2005 1Sp c 7 s 26, 29

Recognition of parentage, effect on custody or parenting time, Minn. Law 2015 c 71 art 1 s 52, 53

Relative caregiver support grants, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 12 s 33, 2024 c 115 art 22 s 2

relative custody assistance, Minn. Law 2005 c 159 art 2 s 1, 2, 2009 c 79 art 13 s 3, 2009 c 173 art 2 s 1, 2014 c 156, 2014 c 312 art 25 s 28

Relative custody assistance, appropriations, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 19 s 3

Termination, children in need of protection or services, Minn. Law 2010 c 281 s 1

visitation, see PARENTING TIME