Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

260.031 REFEREE. § Subdivision 1.Appointment. The chief judge of the judicial district may appoint one or more suitable persons to act as referees. All referees are subject to the administrative authority and assignment power of the chief judge of the district as provided in sect…

260.041 COURT ADMINISTRATOR; COURT REPORTER. § Subdivision 1.Duties. The court administrator of the juvenile court shall keep necessary books and records, issue summons and process, attend to the correspondence of the court, and in general perform such duties in the administratio…

260.042 ORIENTATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. The court shall make an orientation and educational program available for juveniles and their families in accordance with the program established, if any, by the supreme court. History: 1995 c 226 art 3 s 16

260.105 SALARIES. All salaries and expenses to be paid by the county under the provisions of sections 244.19 and 260.021 to 260.042 shall be paid upon certification of the judge of juvenile court or upon such other authorization provided by law. History: 1959 c 685 s 12; 1991 c 1…

260.515 INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and entered into with all other states legally joining in it in substantially the following form: ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize that e…

260.55 EXPENSE OF RETURNING JUVENILES TO STATE, PAYMENT. The expense of returning juveniles to this state pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles shall be paid as follows: (1) In the case of a runaway, the court making the requisition shall inquire summarily regarding th…

260.56 COUNSEL OR GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR JUVENILE, FEES. Any judge of this state who appoints counsel or a guardian ad litem pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles may allow a reasonable fee on order of the court. The costs of the counsel must be paid b…

260.57 ENFORCEMENT. The courts, departments, agencies, and officers of this state and its political subdivisions shall enforce the Interstate Compact for Juveniles and shall do all things appropriate to the effectuation of its purposes which may be within their respective jurisdi…

260.61 CITATION. Sections 260.61 to 260.693 may be cited as the "Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act." History: 2024 c 117 s 1 NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 1, is effective January 1, 2027, exce…

260.62 PURPOSES. (a) The purposes of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act are to: (1) protect the best interests of African American and disproportionately represented children; (2) promote the stability and security of Afric…

260.63 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The definitions in this section apply to sections 260.61 to 260.693. § Subd. 2.Active efforts. "Active efforts" means a rigorous and concerted level of effort that the responsible social services agency must continuously make throughout …

260.64 DUTY TO PREVENT OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT AND PROMOTE FAMILY REUNIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Active efforts. A responsible social services agency shall make active efforts to prevent the out-of-home placement of an African American or a disproportionately represented child, eli…

260.641 ENSURING FREQUENT VISITATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT. A responsible social services agency must engage in best practices related to visitation when an African American or a disproportionately represented ch…

260.65 NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS; RELATIVE PLACEMENT. (a) Prior to the removal of an African American or a disproportionately represented child from the child's home, the responsible social services agency must make active efforts to identify and locate the child's noncustodial or non…

260.66 EMERGENCY REMOVAL. § Subdivision 1.Emergency removal or placement permitted. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the emergency removal of an African American or a disproportionately represented child or the emergency placement of the child in a foster set…

260.67 TRANSFER OF PERMANENT LEGAL AND PHYSICAL CUSTODY; TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS; CHILD PLACEMENT PROCEEDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Preference for permanency placement with a relative. Consistent with section 260C.513, if an African American or disproportionately represented ch…

260.68 RESPONSIBLE SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY CONDUCT AND CASE REVIEW. § Subdivision 1.Responsible social services agency conduct. (a) A responsible social services agency employee who has duties related to child protection shall not knowingly: (1) make untrue statements about any ca…

260.69 CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED CHILDREN. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The commissioner of children, youth, and families must collaborate with the Children's Justice Initiative to ensure that c…

260.691 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING ADVISORY COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Establishment and duties. (a) The African American Child and Family Well-Being Advisory Council is established for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. (b) The council shall consist…

260.692 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING UNIT. § Subdivision 1.Duties. The African American Child and Family Well-Being Unit, currently established by the commissioner, must: (1) assist with the development of African American cultural competency training and review c…

260.693 AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED FAMILY PRESERVATION GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Primary support grants. The commissioner shall establish direct grants to organizations, service providers, and programs owned and led by African Americans and other individual…

260.751 CITATION. Sections 260.751 to 260.835 may be cited as the "Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act." History: 1999 c 139 art 1 s 2

260.752 APPLICABILITY. Unless otherwise stated, sections 260.751 to 260.835 and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act are applicable without exception in any child placement proceeding involving an Indian child where custody is granted to someone other than a parent or an Indian c…

260.753 PURPOSES. The purposes of the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act are to (1) protect the long-term interests, as defined by the Tribes, of Indian children, their families as defined by law or custom, and the child's Tribe; and (2) preserve the Indian family and Triba…

260.754 POLICY ON TRIBAL-STATE RELATIONS. (a) The state of Minnesota acknowledges federally recognized Indian Tribes as sovereign political entities that predate the existence of the United States and that have retained inherent sovereign authority to pass their own laws, maintai…

260.755 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 260.751 to 260.835, the following terms have the meanings given them. § Subd. 1a.Active efforts. (a) "Active efforts" means a rigorous and concerted level of effort to preserve the Indian child's family that is ongoi…

260.758 EMERGENCY REMOVAL OR PLACEMENT OF INDIAN CHILD; TERMINATION; APPROPRIATE ACTION. § Subdivision 1.Emergency removal or placement permitted. Nothing in sections 260.751 to 260.835 shall be construed to prevent the emergency removal of an Indian child from the Indian child's…

260.761 INQUIRY OF TRIBAL LINEAGE; NOTICE TO TRIBES, PARENTS, AND INDIAN CUSTODIANS; ACCESS TO FILES. § Subdivision 1.Inquiry of Tribal lineage. (a) The child-placing agency or petitioner shall inquire of the child, the child's parents and custodians, and other appropriate person…

260.762 DUTY TO PREVENT OUT-OF-HOME CHILD PLACEMENT, PRESERVE THE CHILD'S FAMILY, AND PROMOTE FAMILY REUNIFICATION; ACTIVE EFFORTS. § Subdivision 1.Active efforts. Active efforts includes acknowledging traditional helping and healing systems of an Indian child's Tribe and using t…

260.763 JURISDICTION AND TRANSFER TO TRIBAL COURT. § Subdivision 1.Indian Tribe jurisdiction. (a) An Indian Tribe has exclusive jurisdiction over all child placement proceedings involving an Indian child who resides or is domiciled within the reservation of the Tribe, except wher…

260.765 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Determination of Indian child's Tribe. The child-placing agency shall follow the notice provisions in section 260.761. § Subd. 1a.Identification of extended family members. Any agency considering placement of an Indian chil…

260.771 INVOLUNTARY CHILD PLACEMENT PROCEEDINGS. § Subdivision 1. [Renumbered 260.763, subd 1] § Subd. 1a.Active efforts. In any child placement proceeding, the child-placing agency or petitioner shall ensure that appropriate active efforts as described in section 260.762 are pro…

260.773 PLACEMENT OF INDIAN CHILDREN. § Subdivision 1.Least restrictive setting. In all proceedings where custody of the Indian child may be removed from the Indian child's parent or Indian custodian, the Indian child shall be placed in the least restrictive setting which most ap…

260.774 IMPROPER REMOVAL OF CHILD, DECLINATION OF JURISDICTION, INVALIDATION, RETURN OF CUSTODY. § Subdivision 1.Improper removal. In any proceeding where custody of the Indian child was improperly removed from the parent or Indian custodian or where the petitioner has improperly…

260.7745 COUNTY AND TRIBAL AGREEMENTS; MALTREATMENT ASSESSMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF INDIAN CHILDREN. A Tribe and a county may enter a written agreement transferring responsibility for the screening and initial response to a child maltreatment report regarding an Indian child re…

260.775 PLACEMENT RECORDS. (a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall publish annually an inventory of all Indian children in residential facilities. The inventory shall include, by county and statewide, information on legal status, living arrangement, age, sex, …

260.781 RECORDS; INFORMATION AVAILABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Court decree information. (a) A state court entering a final decree or order in an Indian child adoptive placement shall provide the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and the child's Tribal social services agenc…

260.785 INDIAN CHILD WELFARE GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Primary support grants. The commissioner shall establish direct grants to Indian Tribes, Indian organizations, and Tribal social services agency programs located off-reservation that serve Indian children and their families to …

260.786 CHILD WELFARE STAFF ALLOCATION FOR TRIBES. § Subdivision 1.Allocations. The commissioner shall allocate $80,000 annually to each of Minnesota's federally recognized Tribes that, at the beginning of the fiscal year, have not joined and are not in the process of planning to…

260.791 GRANT APPLICATIONS. A Tribe, Indian organization, or Tribal social services agency program located off-reservation may apply for primary support grants under section 260.785, subdivision 1. A child-placing agency, Tribe, Indian organization, or other social service organi…

260.795 ELIGIBLE SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Types of services. (a) Eligible Indian child welfare services provided under primary support grants include: (1) placement prevention and reunification services; (2) family-based services; (3) individual and family counseling; (4) access…

260.805 CONTINUED LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES. The legal responsibility of child-placing agencies to provide Indian child welfare services continues, and existing services must not be reduced because of the availability of these funds. History: 1999 c 139 art 1…

260.810 PAYMENTS; REQUIRED REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Payments. The commissioner shall make grant payments to each approved program in four quarterly installments a year. The commissioner may certify an advance payment for the first quarter of the state fiscal year. Later payments …

260.815 MONITORING AND EVALUATION. The commissioner shall design and implement methods for monitoring the delivery and evaluating the effectiveness of Indian child welfare services funded through these grants. History: 1999 c 139 art 1 s 14

260.821 GRANT FORMULA. § Subdivision 1.Primary support grants. (a) The amount available for grants established under section 260.785, subdivision 1, to tribes, Indian organizations, and tribal social services agency programs located off-reservation is four-fifths of the total ann…

260.831 UNDISTRIBUTED FUNDS. Undistributed funds must be reallocated by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to any other grant categories established under section 260.785, subdivision 1 or 2, for the goals of this grant process. Undistributed funds are available unti…