260C.601 ADOPTION OF CHILDREN UNDER GUARDIANSHIP OF COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Review and finalization requirements; adoption procedures. (a) Sections 260C.601 to 260C.635 establish: (1) the requirements for court review of children under the guardianship of the commissioner; and (2) procedures for timely finalizing adoptions in the best interests of children under the guardianship of the commissioner. […]
260C.603 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 260C.601 to 260C.635, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Adopting parent. “Adopting parent” means an adult who has signed an adoption placement agreement regarding the child and has the same meaning as preadoptive parent under section 259A.01, subdivision […]
260C.605 REASONABLE EFFORTS TO FINALIZE AN ADOPTION. Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) Reasonable efforts to finalize the adoption of a child under the guardianship of the commissioner shall be made by the responsible social services agency responsible for permanency planning for the child. (b) Reasonable efforts to make a placement in a home according to the […]
260C.607 REVIEW OF PROGRESS TOWARD ADOPTION. Subdivision 1. Review hearings. (a) The court shall conduct a review of the responsible social services agency’s reasonable efforts to finalize adoption for any child under the guardianship of the commissioner and of the progress of the case toward adoption at least every 90 days after the court issues […]
260C.609 SOCIAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY. (a) The responsible social services agency shall thoroughly discuss the child’s history with the prospective adoptive parent of the child and shall give a redacted copy of the child’s social and medical history as described in section 260C.212, subdivision 15, including redacted attachments, to the prospective adoptive parent. If the […]
260C.611 ADOPTION STUDY REQUIRED. (a) An adoption study under section 259.41 approving placement of the child in the home of the prospective adoptive parent shall be completed before placing any child under the guardianship of the commissioner in a home for adoption. If a prospective adoptive parent has a current child foster care license under […]
260C.613 SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY AS COMMISSIONER’S AGENT. Subdivision 1. Adoptive placement decisions. (a) The responsible social services agency has exclusive authority to make an adoptive placement of a child under the guardianship of the commissioner. The child shall be considered placed for adoption when the adopting parent, the agency, and the commissioner have fully executed […]
260C.615 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Duties. (a) For any child who is under the guardianship of the commissioner, the commissioner has the exclusive rights to consent to: (1) the medical care plan for the treatment of a child who is at imminent risk of death or who has a chronic disease that, in a […]
260C.617 SIBLING PLACEMENT. (a) The responsible social services agency shall make every effort to place siblings together for adoption. (b) The court shall review any proposal by the responsible social services agency to separate siblings for purposes of adoption. (c) If there is venue in more than one county for matters regarding siblings who are […]
260C.619 COMMUNICATION AND CONTACT AGREEMENTS. (a) An adopting parent and a relative or foster parent of the child may enter into an agreement regarding communication with or contact between the adopted child, adopting parent, and the relative or foster parent. An agreement may be entered between: (1) an adopting parent and a birth parent; (2) […]
260C.621 JURISDICTION AND VENUE. Subdivision 1. Jurisdiction. (a) The juvenile court has original jurisdiction for all adoption proceedings involving the adoption of a child under the guardianship of the commissioner, including when the commissioner approves the placement of the child through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children under section 260.851 for adoption outside […]
260C.623 ADOPTION PETITION. Subdivision 1. Who may petition. (a) The responsible social services agency may petition for the adopting parent to adopt a child who is under the guardianship of the commissioner. The petition shall contain or have attached a statement certified by the adopting parent that the adopting parent desires that the relationship of […]
260C.625 DOCUMENTS FILED BY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY. (a) The following shall be filed by the responsible social services agency prior to finalization of the adoption: (1) a certified copy of the child’s birth record; (2) a certified copy of the findings and order terminating parental rights or order accepting the parent’s consent to adoption under […]
260C.627 NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. To whom given. (a) Notice of the adoption proceedings shall not be given to any parent whose rights have been terminated or who has consented to the adoption of the child under this chapter. (b) Notice of the adoption proceedings shall be given to the following: (1) the […]
260C.629 FINALIZATION HEARING. Subdivision 1. Consent. (a) A parent whose rights to the child have not been terminated must consent to the adoption of the child. A parent may consent to the adoption of the child under section 260C.515, subdivision 3, and that consent shall be irrevocable upon acceptance by the court except as otherwise […]
260C.631 JUDGMENT AND DECREE. (a) After taking testimony from the responsible social services agency, which may be by telephone or affidavit if the court has transferred venue of the matter to a county not conducting the posttermination of parental rights reviews under section 260C.607, and the adopting parent, if the court finds that it is […]
260C.633 ADOPTION DENIED. (a) If the court is not satisfied that the proposed adoption is in the best interests of the child to be adopted, the court shall deny the petition and order the responsible social services agency to take appropriate action for the protection and safety of the child. If venue has been transferred […]
260C.635 EFFECT OF ADOPTION. Subdivision 1. Legal effect. (a) Upon adoption, the adopted child becomes the legal child of the adopting parent and the adopting parent becomes the legal parent of the child with all the rights and duties between them of a birth parent and child. (b) The child shall inherit from the adoptive […]
260C.637 ACCESS TO ORIGINAL BIRTH RECORD INFORMATION. An adopted person may ask the commissioner of health to disclose the information on the adopted person’s original birth record according to section 259.89. History: 2012 c 216 art 1 s 44
