ADOPTION

Adoptees

Birth records, access to, Court Rules Adop 7.08

Petitions for release of identifying information, Court Rules Adop 7.07

Adoption assistance applications

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 44.06

Adoption assistance program, see ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Adoption studies

Background checks and studies, Court Rules Adop 37.03, Adop 37.04

Foster parent assessments, use, Court Rules Adop 37.07

Requirements, Court Rules Adop 37.01

Adoption study reports

Filing, Court Rules Adop 37.06

Requirements, Court Rules Adop 37.02

Updates, Court Rules Adop 37.05

Adoptive parents

Proposed adoptive parents, suitability, records, Court Rules Adop 7.06

Affidavits

Contempts, Court Rules Adop 14.02

Signatures, Court Rules Adop 16.01, Adop 16.02

Agencies, duties

Adoption studies, Court Rules Adop 37.01

Agreements conferring authority to place for adoption, Court Rules Adop 33.06

Communication or contact agreements, Court Rules Adop 34.01

Consents, execution, Court Rules Adop 33.03

Parent's failure to consent, notice to court, Court Rules Adop 33.05

Agency adoptions

Child born in another country, Court Rules Adop 30.02

Generally, Court Rules Adop 28

Answers, contested adoptions, Court Rules Adop 39.01

Appeals

Additional review, right to, Court Rules Adop 48.04

Application for stay of trial court order, Court Rules Adop 48.03

Decisions, deadlines for, Court Rules Adop 48.06

Procedure, Court Rules Adop 48.02

Rules of Appellate Procedure, application, Court Rules Adop 48.01

Transcripts, Court Rules Adop 48.05

Appearance, failure to appear, Court Rules Adop 13.08

Application of rules

General Rules of Practice, Court Rules Adop 3.09

Attorneys

Adoption case records, sharing, Court Rules Adop 7.02

Appointment, Court Rules Adop 23.02

Biological parents, direct adoptive placements, Court Rules Adop 23.04

Certificates of representation, Court Rules Adop 23.05

Right to an attorney, Court Rules Adop 23.01

Social service agencies, representation of, Court Rules Adop 23.03

Withdrawal, Court Rules Adop 23.06

Background checks and studies

Adoption studies, Court Rules Adop 37.01, Adop 37.03, Adop 37.04

Postplacement assessments, Court Rules Adop 38.03

Waivers prohibited, Court Rules Adop 38.04

Bifurcation of proceedings, Court Rules Adop 42.03

Biological parents

Adoptee petitions for release of identifying information, Court Rules Adop 7.07

Attorneys for, direct adoptive placements, Court Rules Adop 23.04

Birth records

Information about access to, Court Rules Adop 7.09

Petitions for access, by adoptees, Court Rules Adop 7.08

Replacement birth records, Court Rules Adop 10.03

Requests for identifying information in, Court Rules Adop 7.02

Case captions, Court Rules Adop 35.05

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 35.05

Child-placing agencies, see Agencies, duties under this topic

Children under guardianship of commissioner

Adoption assistance applications, Court Rules Adop 44.06

Attachments to petitions, Court Rules Adop 35.05

Case captions, Court Rules Adop 35.05

Communication or contact agreements, Court Rules Adop 34.01, Adop 34.03, Adop 34.07

Consent to adoption, Court Rules Adop 33.01, Adop 33.03

Contested adoptive placements

Consolidation or bifurcation, Court Rules Adop 42.04

Definition, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Discovery, Court Rules Adop 17.02

Post-placement assessment reports, Court Rules Adop 38.05

Notice of hearing and petition, Court Rules Adop 31.01, Adop 31.04

Party status, Court Rules Adop 20.01

Petitions

Content, Court Rules Adop 35.05

Notice to department, Court Rules Adop 36

Timing, Court Rules Adop 35.03

Verification, Court Rules Adop 35.06

Who may petition, Court Rules Adop 35.01

Review of progress toward adoption, Court Rules Adop 3.08

Scope of rules, Court Rules Adop 1.01

Venue, Court Rules Adop 49.01

Communication or contact agreements

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 34.01, Adop 34.03, Adop 34.07

Deadlines for issuance, Court Rules Adop 34.04

Enforcement, Court Rules Adop 34.07

Filing, Court Rules Adop 34.02

Modification, Court Rules Adop 34.09

Orders for

Service of process, Court Rules Adop 34.06

Writing, Court Rules Adop 34.03

Putative fathers' adoption registry, Court Rules Adop 32.03 to 32.09

Requirement for entry, Court Rules Adop 34.05

Who may enter, Court Rules Adop 34.01

Compromise and settlement

Generally, Court Rules Adop 19.01

Partial, Court Rules Adop 19.02

Procedure, Court Rules Adop 19.04

Settlement agreements, contents, Court Rules Adop 19.03

Conferences

Pretrial conferences, Court Rules Adop 39.03, Adop 43.01 to 43.03

Telephone and remote technology, Court Rules Adop 12.01 to 12.02

Consent

Agreement conferring authority to place for adoption, Court Rules Adop 33.06

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 33.01, Adop 33.03

Deadlines, Court Rules Adop 33.04

Direct placement adoption, consent to, Court Rules Adop 33.07

Execution, Court Rules Adop 33.03

Failure to execute, Court Rules Adop 33.05

Indian children, Court Rules Adop 33.01, Adop 33.09

Notice of intent to consent, Court Rules Adop 33.02

Revocation, Court Rules Adop 33.08

Who must consent, Court Rules Adop 33.01

Consolidation of proceedings, Court Rules Adop 42.01, Adop 42.02

Contempts, Court Rules Adop 14.01 to 14.04

Contested adoptions

Adoption assistance, delays for, Court Rules Adop 44.06

Answers, Court Rules Adop 39.01

Definitions, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Notices about, Court Rules Adop 39.02

Orders, Court Rules Adop 10.01

Pretrial conferences, Court Rules Adop 39.03, Adop 43.01 to 43.03

Trials, see same under this topic

Contested adoptive placements

Children under guardianship of commissioner

Consolidation or bifurcation, Court Rules Adop 42.04

Definition, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Discovery, Court Rules Adop 17.02

Post-placement assessment reports, Court Rules Adop 38.05

Continuances, Court Rules Adop 5.01 to 5.03

Costs

Statements of, Court Rules Adop 35.08

Transcripts, Court Rules Adop 11.03

Court administrators, duties

Information about access to birth records, Court Rules Adop 7.09

Court proceedings

E-filing

Juvenile protection matters, see Juvenile protection under E-FILING

Decisions

Deadline for issuing, Court Rules Adop 46.03

Decrees

Filing, Court Rules Adop 10.04, Adop 45.04

Granting, Court Rules Adop 45.02, Adop 45.03

Service of process, Court Rules Adop 45.04

Service or mailing, Court Rules Adop 10.03

Defaults, procedure, Court Rules Adop 18.01

Definitions, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Direct placement adoptions

Adoption study reports, Court Rules Adop 37.06

Background checks and studies, Court Rules Adop 37.03

Biological parents, attorneys for, Court Rules Adop 23.04

Child born in another country, Court Rules Adop 30.02

Consent to, Court Rules Adop 33.07

Deadlines, Court Rules Adop 29.02

Motions, Court Rules Adop 29.01, Adop 29.02, Adop 29.03

Orders, Court Rules Adop 29.04

Discovery, Court Rules Adop 17.01, Adop 17.02

E-filing, Court Rules Adop 25.01

E-filing

Juvenile protection matters, see Juvenile protection under E-FILING

Electronically filed records

Certified copies, Court Rules Juv Efile 7

Format, Court Rules Juv Efile 3

Retention of originals, Court Rules Juv Efile 4.06

Signatures, Court Rules Juv Efile 4.01 to Juv Efile 4.05

Evidence

Newly discovered, relief from order, Court Rules Adop 47.02

Rules of Evidence, application, Court Rules Adop 3.02

Ex parte communications, Court Rules Adop 9.01, Adop 9.02

Fathers' adoption registry, see Putative fathers' adoption registry under this topic

Filings, methods, Court Rules Adop 25.01

Final hearings

Commencement, Court Rules Adop 41.02

Decisions, deadlines, Court Rules Adop 41.05

Generally, Court Rules Adop 41.01

Notice, Court Rules Adop 31.01 to 31.04

Procedure, Court Rules Adop 41.03

Standard of proof, Court Rules Adop 41.04

Findings

Amended, motions for, Court Rules Adop 46.01

Referee findings, Court Rules Adop 6.04, Adop 6.05, Adop 6.06

Foster parents, adoptions by

Adoption studies, Court Rules Adop 37.01

Fraud in, relief from order, Court Rules Adop 47.02

Guardians ad litem

Appointment, Court Rules Gen Prac 903.02

Guardian ad litem procedure, rules of, application, Court Rules Gen Prac 901.01

Guardians ad litem

Generally, Court Rules Adop 24.01 to 24.03

Rules of Guardian ad Litem Procedure, application, Court Rules Adop 3.03

Hearings

Attendance at, Court Rules Adop 8.01, Adop 8.02

Contempts, Court Rules Adop 13.01, Adop 14.03

Exclusion from, Court Rules Adop 8.03, Adop 8.04

Final hearings, see same under this topic

Telephone and remote technology, Court Rules Adop 12.01 to 12.02

Hearsay rule, declarant's statements, exception, Court Rules Evid 804

Human Services Department wards, see Children under guardianship of commissioner under this topic

Human Services Licensing Act, application to adoptions, Court Rules Adop 3.07

Indian children

Adult adoptees, applications for information, Court Rules Adop 7.02

Attorneys, appointment, Court Rules Adop 23.07

Consent to adoption of, Court Rules Adop 33.01, Adop 33.09

Definitions, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Indian Child Welfare Act, application, Court Rules Adop 3.04

Invalidation of district court action, Court Rules Adop 47.03

Placements

Preadoptive placements, Court Rules Adop 50.02

Preferences, Court Rules Adop 50.01, Adop 50.03

Records and record keeping, Court Rules Adop 50.04

Relief from orders, Court Rules Adop 47.03, Adop 47.04

Service of process, Court Rules Adop 25.02

Vacation of adoption decrees, Court Rules Adop 47.04

Intercountry adoptions

Birth records, Court Rules Adop 30.02

Definitions, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Postadoption reports, Court Rules Adop 30.03

Validity, Court Rules Adop 30.01

Interpreters, application of law, Court Rules Adop 3.05

Intervention

Effect, Court Rules Adop 21.04

Intervention of right, Court Rules Adop 21.01

Parents, Court Rules Adop 21.02

Permissive, Court Rules Adop 21.03

Joinder, Court Rules Adop 22.01

Judges, Court Rules Adop 6.05, Adop 6.07

Jurisdiction, transfers, Court Rules Adop 49.03

Juvenile protection

Access to e-filed documents, Court Rules Juv Efile 8

Applicability of General Rules of Practice, Court Rules Juv Efile 9

Certified copies, Court Rules Juv Efile 7

Effect of filing, Court Rules Juv Efile 5.01

Effective date, Court Rules Juv Efile 5.02

Fees, Court Rules Juv Efile 5.02

Format of documents, Court Rules Juv Efile 3

Nonacceptance of filings, Court Rules Juv Efile 5.03

Originals, retention, Court Rules Juv Efile 4.06

Registration for, Court Rules Juv Efile 2

Signatures, Court Rules Juv Efile 4.01 to Juv Efile 4.05

Technical errors, remedies, Court Rules Juv Efile 5.06

Time periods, computation, Court Rules Juv Efile 10

Who may use e-file procedure, Court Rules Juv Efile 1.01 to 1.03

Matters, commencement, Court Rules Adop 26.01

Minnesota fathers' adoption registry, see Putative fathers' adoption registry under this topic

Motions

Amended findings, Court Rules Adop 46.01

Ex parte motions, Court Rules Adop 15.03

Form, Court Rules Adop 15.01

Motions for waivers of agency placement, Court Rules Adop 26.01

New trials, motions for, Court Rules Adop 46.02

Notice of motion, Court Rules Adop 15.02

Post-trial motions, Court Rules Adop 46.01 to 46.03

Protective orders, Court Rules Adop 7.05

Review of referee decisions, Court Rules Adop 6.05

Service of process, Court Rules Adop 15.02

Signatures, Court Rules Adop 16.01, Adop 16.02

Subpoenas, motions to quash, Court Rules Adop 13.04

Telephone and remote technology, Court Rules Adop 12.01 to 12.02

Neglect in proceedings, relief from order, Court Rules Adop 47.02

Notice of hearing and petition

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 31.01

Orders

Communication or contact agreements

Service of process, Court Rules Adop 34.06

Writing, Court Rules Adop 34.03

Direct placement adoptions, Court Rules Adop 29.04

Effect during continuances, Court Rules Adop 5.03

Emergency orders, Court Rules Adop 29.04

Filing, notice of, Court Rules Adop 10.04

Mailing, Court Rules Adop 10.03

Oral, Court Rules Adop 10.01, Adop 10.02

Preadoptive custody orders, Court Rules Adop 26.01, Adop 29.04

Pretrial orders, Court Rules Adop 43.03

Protective orders, Court Rules Adop 7.05

Referee findings, confirmation as orders, Court Rules Adop 6.06

Relief from, Court Rules Adop 47.01 to 47.04

Service, Court Rules Adop 10.03

Stepparent adoptions, Court Rules Adop 27.04

Written, Court Rules Adop 10.01

Parties

Addresses, Court Rules Adop 20.03

Rights, Court Rules Adop 20.02

Status, Court Rules Adop 20.01

Party status

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 20.01

Petitions

Adoptees, petitions for release of identifying information, Court Rules Adop 7.07

Adoption case records, access to, Court Rules Adop 7.02

Amendments, Court Rules Adop 35.07

Children under guardianship of commissioner

Content, Court Rules Adop 35.05

Notice to department, Court Rules Adop 36

Timing, Court Rules Adop 35.03

Verification, Court Rules Adop 35.06

Who may petition, Court Rules Adop 35.01

Contents, Court Rules Adop 35.05

Deadlines, Court Rules Adop 35.03

Denial, Court Rules Adop 45.01

Dismissal, Court Rules Adop 40.02

Expenses, statements of, Court Rules Adop 35.08

Filing

As commencement of adoption matter, Court Rules Adop 26.01

Conditions for, Court Rules Adop 35.04

Verification, Court Rules Adop 35.06

Who may petition, Court Rules Adop 35.01, Adop 35.02

Withdrawal, voluntary, Court Rules Adop 40.01

Placement

Agency placements, waivers, motions for, Court Rules Adop 26.01

Agreement conferring authority to place for adoption, Court Rules Adop 33.06

Definitions, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Direct placement adoptions, see same under this topic

Interstate compact, application of law, Court Rules Adop 3.06

Pleadings, signatures, Court Rules Adop 16.02

Post-permanency review hearings

Commencement of adoption matters, Court Rules Adop 26.02

Post-trial motions, Court Rules Adop 46.01 to 46.03

Postplacement assessments

Background checks and studies, Court Rules Adop 38.03

Contents, Court Rules Adop 38.02

Timing, Court Rules Adop 38.01

Waivers by court, Court Rules Adop 38.04

Preadoptive custody orders, Court Rules Adop 26.01, Adop 29.04

Preadoptive parents, juvenile protection proceedings, participants, Court Rules Juv Prot 33.01, Juv Prot 33.02

Pretrial conferences, contested adoptions, Court Rules Adop 39.03, Adop 43.01 to 43.03

Public guardianship, see Human Services Department wards under this topic

Purpose of rules, Court Rules Adop 1.02

Putative fathers, definitions, Court Rules Adop 2.01

Putative fathers' adoption registry

Communication or contact agreements, Court Rules Adop 32.03 to 32.09

Fees for, Court Rules Adop 32.02

Searches, Court Rules Adop 32.01

Records and record keeping

Court records, access, Court Rules Rec Acc 4

Records and record keeping

Access to, Court Rules Adop 7.01, Adop 7.02, Adop 7.04, Adop 7.05

Access to records, application of rules, Court Rules Adop 3.10

Proposed adoptive parents, suitability, Court Rules Adop 7.06

Protective orders, Court Rules Adop 7.05

Stepparent adoptions, Court Rules Adop 7.03

Referees

Authorization to hear matter, Court Rules Adop 6.01

Findings and recommended orders, Court Rules Adop 6.04, Adop 6.05, Adop 6.06

Objections to, Court Rules Adop 6.02

Removal, Court Rules Adop 6.03

Review of progress toward adoption

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 3.08

Right to an attorney, generally, Court Rules Adop 23.01

Rules of Civil Procedure, application, Court Rules Adop 3.01

Rules of Evidence, application, Court Rules Adop 3.02

Rules of Guardian ad Litem Procedure, application, Court Rules Adop 3.03

Scope of rules, Court Rules Adop 1.01

Service of process

Additional time after, Court Rules Adop 4.02

Methods, Court Rules Adop 25.02 to 25.07

Motions, Court Rules Adop 15.02

Subpoenas, Court Rules Adop 13.03

Settlement, see Compromise and settlement under this topic

Social service agencies, representation of, Court Rules Adop 23.03

Standard of proof

Final hearings, Court Rules Adop 41.04

Trials, Court Rules Adop 44.04

Stepparent adoptions

Decisions and orders, Court Rules Adop 27.04

Generally, Court Rules Adop 27

Notice of motion and motion for preadoptive custody order, Court Rules Adop 27.01, Adop 27.02, Adop 27.03

Petitions, Court Rules Adop 35.03

Records, access to, Court Rules Adop 7.03

Subpoenas

Depositions, subpoenas for taking, Court Rules Adop 13.06

Expenses, Court Rules Adop 13.07

Failure to appear, Court Rules Adop 13.08

Form, Court Rules Adop 13.02

Hearings or trials, subpoenas for, Court Rules Adop 13.01

Motions to quash, Court Rules Adop 13.04

Notice, Court Rules Adop 13.02

Objections, Court Rules Adop 13.05

Purpose, Court Rules Adop 13.02

Service of process, Court Rules Adop 13.03

Summary judgment, Court Rules Adop 40.03

Testimony, telephone and remote technology, Court Rules Adop 12.01 to 12.02

Time, computation, Court Rules Adop 4.01, Adop 4.02

Transcripts

Availability, Court Rules Adop 11.02

Expenses, Court Rules Adop 11.03

Procedure, Court Rules Adop 11.01

Referee hearings, Court Rules Adop 6.05

Trials

Contested adoptions

Commencement, Court Rules Adop 44.02

Decisions, deadlines, Court Rules Adop 44.06

Generally, Court Rules Adop 44.01

Motion for judgment at conclusion of, Court Rules Adop 44.05

New trials, motions for, Court Rules Adop 46.02

Procedure, Court Rules Adop 44.03

Standard of proof, Court Rules Adop 44.04

New trials, motions for, Court Rules Adop 46.02

Notice, Court Rules Adop 31.01 to 31.04

Venue

Children under guardianship of commissioner, Court Rules Adop 49.01

Generally, Court Rules Adop 49.01

Transfers

Granting, orders, Court Rules Adop 49.03

Requests, Court Rules Adop 49.02

Witnesses, subpoenas, Court Rules Adop 25.05