Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

259.05 [Repealed, 1951 c 508 s 13] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.06 [Repealed, 1951 c 508 s 13] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.07 [Repealed, 1951 c 508 s 13] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.08 [Repealed, 1951 c 508 s 13] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.09 [Repealed, 1951 c 508 s 13] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.10 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.§Subdivision 1.Procedure.A person who shall have resided in this state for six months may apply to the district court in the county where the person resides to change the person's name, the names of minor children, if any, and the name of a spouse, if …

259.11 ORDER; FILING COPIES.(a) Upon meeting the requirements of section 259.10, the court shall grant the application unless: (1) it finds that there is an intent to defraud or mislead; (2) section 259.13 prohibits granting the name change; or (3) in the case of the change of a …

259.115 CRIMINAL PENALTIES.A person who has a felony conviction under Minnesota law or the law of another state or federal jurisdiction and who does any of the following is guilty of a gross misdemeanor:(1) upon marriage, uses a different surname from that used before marriage wi…

259.12 CORRECTIONAL INMATES; NAME CHANGES; LIMITED.During an inmate's confinement in a correctional facility, as defined in section 241.021, subdivision 1i, an inmate may request a name change under section 259.10 only once and may proceed in forma pauperis only when the failure …

259.13 PERSONS WITH FELONY CONVICTION; NAME CHANGES.§Subdivision 1.Procedure for seeking name change.(a) A person with a felony conviction under Minnesota law or the law of another state or federal jurisdiction shall serve a notice of application for a name change on the prosecut…

259.14 POSTDISSOLUTION NAME CHANGE.(a) Unless section 259.13 applies, a person who has resided in this state for at least six months and obtained the person's most recent final marriage dissolution from a district court may apply to the district court in the county where the pers…

259.20 POLICY.§Subdivision 1.Policy and purpose.The policy of the state of Minnesota and the purpose of sections 259.20 to 259.65 is to ensure:(1) that the best interests of adopted persons are met in the planning and granting of adoptions; and(2) that laws and practices governin…

259.201 COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT AND MINNESOTA INDIAN FAMILY PRESERVATION ACT.Adoption proceedings under this chapter that involve an Indian child are child custody proceedings governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act, United States Code, title 25, section…

259.21 DEFINITIONS.§Subdivision 1.Terms.For the purposes of sections 259.21 to 259.63 the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them.§Subd. 2.Child."Child" means a person under the age of 18 years.§Subd. 2a.Adult adoption."Adult adoption" …

259.22 PETITION.§Subdivision 1.Who may petition.Any person who has resided in the state for one year or more may petition to adopt a child or an adult, and the same petitioner may petition for the adoption of two or more persons in one petition. The provisions as to length of res…

259.23 JUVENILE COURT, JURISDICTION.§Subdivision 1.Venue.(a) The juvenile court shall have original jurisdiction in all adoption proceedings. The proper venue for an adoption proceeding shall be the county of the petitioner's residence, except as provided in section 260C.621, sub…

259.24 CONSENTS.§Subdivision 1.Exceptions.(a) No child shall be adopted without the consent of the child's parents and the child's guardian, if there is one, except consent is not required of a parent:(1) who is not entitled to notice of the proceedings;(2) who has abandoned the …

259.241 ADULT ADOPTION.(a) Any adult person may be adopted, regardless of the adult person's residence. A resident of Minnesota may petition the court of record having jurisdiction of adoption proceedings to adopt an individual who has reached the age of 18 years or older.(b) The…

259.25 AGREEMENT CONFERRING AUTHORITY TO PLACE FOR ADOPTION.§Subdivision 1.Consents required.The parents and guardian, if there be one, of a child may enter into a written agreement with the commissioner of children, youth, and families or an agency, giving the commissioner or su…

259.253 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.27] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management an…

259.255 MS 1993 Supp [Renumbered 259.29] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, manageme…

259.2565 MS 1993 Supp [Renumbered 259.33] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, managem…

259.257 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.35] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management an…

259.26 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.49] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.261 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.51] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management an…

259.27 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.53]259.27 NOTIFICATION OF DEATH OR TERMINAL ILLNESS.§Subdivision 1.Death notification.(a) An agency authorized to place a child for adoption shall inform parents who adopt a child on or after August 1, 1987, that they must notify the agency if the c…

259.28 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.57] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.29 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.59]259.29 PROTECTION OF BEST INTERESTS IN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENTS.§Subdivision 1.Best interests of the child.(a) The policy of the state of Minnesota is to ensure that the best interests of the child are met by requiring individualized determination of …

259.30 [Repealed, 1975 c 216 s 1] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and …

259.31 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.61]259.31 AGENCY PLACEMENT FACTORS.An agency shall document, in the records required to be kept under section 259.79, the reasons for each child placement decision.History: 1994 c 631 s 16,31 NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this cha…

259.32 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.63] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.33 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.65] 259.33 MS 1996 [Repealed, 1997 c 239 art 6 s 38] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to th…

259.35 NOTICE TO ADOPTIVE PARENTS.§Subdivision 1.Parental responsibilities.Prior to commencing an investigation of the suitability of proposed adoptive parents, a child-placing agency shall give the individuals the following written notice in all capital letters at least one-eigh…

259.37 AGENCY; FEE SCHEDULE; DISCLOSURE; CIVIL ACTION.§Subdivision 1.Payment schedule.An agency may only require payment of fees in stages as services are performed. An agency engaged in placement activities must provide a prospective adoptive parent with a schedule of fees and a…

259.39 COMMISSIONER'S STATEMENT.The commissioner shall prepare and make available to all agencies, prospective adoptive parents, and birth parents a short, plain description of the legal adoption process and the rights and responsibilities of agencies, birth parents, and prospect…

259.40 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.67] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.405 [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 104] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, manag…

259.406 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.69] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management an…

259.41 ADOPTION STUDY.§Subdivision 1.Study required before placement; certain relatives excepted.(a) An approved adoption study; completed background study, as required under section 245C.33; and written report must be completed before the child is placed in a prospective adoptiv…

259.43 BIRTH PARENT HISTORY; COMMISSIONER'S FORM.In any adoption under this chapter, except a stepparent or an adult adoption under section 259.241, a birth parent or an agency, if an agency placement, shall provide a prospective adoptive parent with a complete, thorough, detaile…

259.431 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.71] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management an…

259.44 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.73] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.45 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.75]259.45 STATE AUDIT OF ADOPTION AGENCY; CIVIL ACTION.§Subdivision 1.Audit.If the commissioner or attorney general has good cause to believe that a child-placing agency has violated section 259.37, subdivision 1, 259.55, 317A.907, or any other appl…

259.455 MS 1993 Supp [Renumbered 259.77] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, manageme…

259.46 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.79] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and…

259.465 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.81] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management an…