Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

260C.207 [Repealed, 2008 c 361 art 6 s 59] NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon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, manage…

260C.208 INFORMATION FOR CHILD PLACEMENT.§Subdivision 1.Agency with placement authority.An agency with legal responsibility for the placement of a child may request and shall receive all information pertaining to the child that it considers necessary to appropriately carry out it…

260C.209 BACKGROUND CHECKS.§Subdivision 1.Subjects.The responsible social services agency may have access to the criminal history and history of child and adult maltreatment on the following individuals:(1) a noncustodial parent or nonadjudicated parent who is being assessed for …

260C.212 CHILDREN IN PLACEMENT.§Subdivision 1.Out-of-home placement; plan.(a) An out-of-home placement plan shall be prepared within 30 days after any child is placed in foster care by court order or a voluntary placement agreement between the responsible social services agency a…

260C.213 MS 2010 [Renumbered 260C.223] 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…

260C.215 WELFARE OF CHILDREN.§Subdivision 1.Recruitment of foster families.Each authorized child-placing agency shall make special efforts to recruit a foster family from among the child's relatives, except as authorized in section 260C.193, subdivision 3. In recruiting placement…

260C.217 MS 2010 [Renumbered 260C.139] 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…

260C.219 AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN PLACEMENT.§Subdivision 1.Responsibilities for parents; noncustodial parents.(a) When a child is in foster care, the responsible social services agency shall make diligent efforts to identify, locate, and, where appropri…

260C.221 RELATIVE SEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT; PLACEMENT CONSIDERATION.§Subdivision 1.Relative search requirements.(a) The responsible social services agency shall exercise due diligence to identify and notify adult relatives, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 27, and current…

260C.223 CONCURRENT PERMANENCY PLANNING.§Subdivision 1.Program; goals.(a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall establish a program for concurrent permanency planning for child protection services.(b) Concurrent permanency planning involves a planning process fo…

260C.225 COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSITIONAL SERVICES PLANS.When a child is subject to a court dispositional order resulting in an out-of-home placement potentially exceeding 30 days in a residential program under this chapter, the county in which the court is located is respo…

260C.227 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE; REQUIRED COURT REVIEW.(a) When the responsible social services agency and the child's parent or guardian agree that the child's safety, health, and best interests require that the child be in foster care, the agency and the parent or guardian may e…

260C.228 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE; CHILD IS COLOCATED WITH PARENT IN TREATMENT PROGRAM.§Subdivision 1.Generally.When a parent requests assistance from an agency and both the parent and agency agree that a child's placement in foster care and colocation with a parent in a licensed re…

260C.229 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN OVER AGE 18; REQUIRED COURT REVIEW.(a) When a child asks to continue or to reenter foster care after age 18 under section 260C.451, the child and the responsible social services agency may enter into a voluntary agreement for the child …

260C.301 TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.§Subdivision 1.Voluntary and involuntary.The juvenile court may upon petition, terminate all rights of a parent to a child:(a) with the written consent of a parent who for good cause desires to terminate parental rights; or(b) if it finds t…

260C.303 VENUE.Venue for proceedings for the termination of parental rights is either the county where the child resides or is found. However, if a court has made an order under the provisions of section 260C.201, and the order is in force at the time a petition for termination o…

260C.307 PROCEDURES IN TERMINATING PARENTAL RIGHTS.§Subdivision 1.Who may petition.Any reputable person, including but not limited to any agent of the commissioner of children, youth, and families, having knowledge of circumstances which indicate that the rights of a parent to a …

260C.312 DISPOSITION; PARENTAL RIGHTS NOT TERMINATED.(a) If, after a hearing, the court does not terminate parental rights but determines that the child is in need of protection or services, or that the child is neglected and in foster care, the court may find the child is in nee…

260C.317 TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS; EFFECT.§Subdivision 1.Termination.If, after a hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that one or more of the conditions set out in section 260C.301 exist, it may terminate parental rights. Upon the termination of parenta…

260C.325 GUARDIAN.§Subdivision 1.Guardianship.(a) When the court terminates parental rights of both parents or of the only known living legal parent, the court shall order the guardianship of the child to:(1) the commissioner of children, youth, and families;(2) a licensed child-…

260C.328 CHANGE OF GUARDIAN; TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP.(a) Upon its own motion or upon petition of an interested party, the juvenile court having jurisdiction of the child may, after notice to the parties and a hearing, remove the guardian appointed by the juvenile court and ap…

260C.329 REESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEGAL PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP.§Subdivision 1.Citation.This section may be cited as the "Family Reunification Act of 2013."§Subd. 2.Definition."Reestablishment of the legal parent and child relationship" means the physical reunification of a c…

260C.331 COSTS OF CARE.§Subdivision 1.Care, examination, or treatment.(a) Except where parental rights are terminated,(1) whenever legal custody of a child is transferred by the court to a responsible social services agency,(2) whenever legal custody is transferred to a person ot…

260C.335 CIVIL JURISDICTION OVER PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO NEED FOR PROTECTION OR SERVICES; COURT ORDERS.§Subdivision 1.Jurisdiction.The juvenile court has civil jurisdiction over persons contributing to the need for protection or services of a child under the provisions of this se…

260C.401 [Repealed, 2000 c 260 s 97] 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 a…

260C.405 VIOLATION OF AN ORDER FOR PROTECTION.§Subdivision 1.Violation; penalty.Whenever an order for protection is granted pursuant to section 260C.148 or 260C.201, subdivision 3, restraining the person or excluding the person from the residence, and the respondent or person to …

260C.411 NEW EVIDENCE.A child whose status has been adjudicated by a juvenile court, or the child's parent, guardian, custodian or spouse may, at any time within 15 days of the filing of the court's order, petition the court for a rehearing on the ground that new evidence has bee…

260C.415 APPEAL.§Subdivision 1.Persons entitled to appeal; procedure.An appeal may be taken by the aggrieved person from a final order of the juvenile court affecting a substantial right of the aggrieved person, including but not limited to an order adjudging a child to be in nee…

260C.419 STATEWIDE OFFICE OF APPELLATE COUNSEL AND TRAINING.§Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given.(b) "Board" means the State Board of Appellate Counsel and Training.(c) "Juvenile protection matter" means any of the fo…

260C.421 CONTEMPT.Any person knowingly interfering with an order of the juvenile court is in contempt of court. However, a child who is under the continuing jurisdiction of the court for reasons other than having committed a delinquent act or a juvenile petty offense may not be a…

260C.425 CRIMINAL JURISDICTION FOR CONTRIBUTING TO NEED FOR PROTECTION OR SERVICES.§Subdivision 1.Crimes.(a) Any person who by act, word, or omission encourages, causes, or contributes to the need for protection or services is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.(b) This section does n…

260C.431 [Repealed, 2008 c 361 art 6 s 59] 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, manage…

260C.435 [Repealed, 2008 c 361 art 6 s 59] 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, manage…

260C.441 MS 2012 [Repealed, 2013 c 108 art 17 s 24] 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 administratio…

260C.4411 PRE-NORTHSTAR CARE FOR CHILDREN FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.§Subdivision 1.Pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program.(a) For a child placed in family foster care on or before December 31, 2014, the county of financial responsibility under section 256G.02 or tribal age…

260C.4412 PAYMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS.(a) When a child is placed in a foster care group residential setting under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.0020 to 2960.0710, a foster residence licensed under chapter 245A that meets the standards of Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.3200 to 2…

260C.4413 INITIAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE.(a) An initial clothing allowance must be available to a child eligible for:(1) the pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program under section 260C.4411, subdivision 1; and(2) the Northstar Care for Children benefits under section 142A.…

260C.446 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS RECOVERED FOR ASSISTANCE FURNISHED.When any amount shall be recovered from any source for assistance furnished under the provisions of sections 260C.001 to 260C.421, there shall be paid into the treasury of the state or county in the proportion in w…

260C.451 FOSTER CARE BENEFITS PAST AGE 18.§Subdivision 1.Notification. Six months prior to the child's 18th birthday, the responsible social services agency shall provide written notice on a form prescribed by the commissioner of children, youth, and families to any child in fost…

260C.452 SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD.§Subdivision 1.Scope; purpose.(a) For purposes of this section, "youth" means a person who is at least 14 years of age and under 23 years of age.(b) This section pertains to a youth who:(1) is in foster care and is 14 years of age or ol…

260C.456 [Repealed, 2012 c 216 art 6 s 14] 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, manage…

260C.501 MS 2010 [Renumbered 260C.177] 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…

260C.503 PERMANENCY PROCEEDINGS.§Subdivision 1.Required permanency proceedings.(a) Except for children in foster care pursuant to chapter 260D, where the child is in foster care or in the care of a noncustodial or nonresident parent, the court shall commence proceedings to determ…

260C.505 PETITION.(a) A permanency or termination of parental rights petition must be filed at or prior to the time the child has been in foster care or in the care of a noncustodial or nonresident parent for 11 months or in the expedited manner required in section 260C.503, subd…

260C.507 ADMIT-DENY HEARING.(a) An admit-deny hearing on the permanency or termination of parental rights petition shall be held not later than 12 months from the child's placement in foster care or an order for the child to be in the care of a noncustodial or nonresident parent.…

260C.509 TRIAL.The permanency proceedings shall be conducted in a timely fashion including that any trial required under section 260C.163 shall be commenced within 60 days of the admit-deny hearing required under section 260C.507. At the conclusion of the permanency proceedings, …