ADOPTION

Adoptees

Defined as individuals who are related, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 1

Siblings, right to information about, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 28

Adoption agencies, financial reviews, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 19 s 4

Adoption studies and reports, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 42

Adoptive parents

Adoption studies, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 42

Parents with disabilities, supportive parenting services, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 25

African American and disproportionately represented children

Best interests of child, placement, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 8

Child custody proceedings, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 8

Family reunification, preferences, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 4

Return of custody, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 7

Agency audits, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 19 s 4

Birth parents

Acknowledgment, agency disclosures, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 24

Identifying information, agency disclosures, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 29

Signatures, agency disclosure statements, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 24

Birth records, right to obtain, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 30

Direct placement adoptions, preadoptive placement, human services licensing, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 4

Disclosure, Indian children, child-placing agencies, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 18

Fathers' adoption registry, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 54, 55

Governing law, Indian children, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 2

Hearings, children under guardianship of commissioner, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 40, 41

Indian children

Active efforts to preserve family, findings, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 19

Child custody proceedings, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 1

Child's Tribe, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 18

Consent or withdrawal, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 24, 25

Extended family members, identification, social services agencies, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 18

Indian Child Welfare Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 2

Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 2

Orders, African American and disproportionately represented children, juvenile court, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 7, 8

Placement

Adoption placement agreements, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 43, 44

Preadoptive placement, human services licensing, exclusions, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 4

Policy of state

Best interests of child, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 2, 8

Generally, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 2

Postadoption services, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 27

Prospective adoptive parents

Adoption studies, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 42

Agency disclosure statements, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 24

Parents with disabilities, supportive parenting services, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 25

Records and record keeping, contents, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 26

Support services, adoptive parents with disabilities, supportive parenting services, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 25