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, consent for marriage of child, Minn. Law 2009 c 129 s 1
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 legal custody, deviation from child support guidelines, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 10 s 70
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