ADOPTION

Adoptees

Locating birth parents, rights, Minn. Rules 9560.0170

Trusts, beneficial ownership statements, domestic stock insurance company securities, Minn. Rules 2715.5000

Adoption agencies

Child-placing agencies, definitions, Minn. Rules 9560.0020

Private agencies, see PRIVATE CHILD-CARING AND CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES

Adoptive parents

Postadoption services, Minn. Rules 9560.0170

Preplacement requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060

Recruitment, Minn. Rules 9560.0040

Suitability determination, Minn. Rules 9560.0140

Termination of placement, notice, Minn. Rules 9560.0110

Affidavits, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0170

Birth parents

Consents, Minn. Rules 9560.0030

Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020

Locating, Minn. Rules 9560.0170

Notice received, Minn. Rules 9560.0170

Termination of parental rights, Minn. Rules 9560.0030

Birth records, disclosure, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0170

Child-placing agencies, see Adoption agencies under this topic

Children in need of protection or services, Minn. Rules 9560.0410 to 9560.0485

Consent, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0040

Definitions

Drivers' license records, Minn. Rules 7410.0100

Generally, Minn. Rules 9560.0015, 9560.0020

Developmentally disabled persons, public guardians, consent, Minn. Rules 9525.3040

Disabled children, special needs, Minn. Rules 9560.0040

Discrimination, Minn. Rules 9560.0670

Foreign adoption birth records, certified birth certificates, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2525

Foster children, criteria, Minn. Rules 9560.0050

Independent placements

Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0120, 9560.0130

Indian children, Minn. Rules 9560.0040

Intercountry adoptions, Minn. Rules 9560.0150, 9560.0160

Interstate adoption, Minn. Rules 9560.0150

Investigations

Nonrelative homes, Minn. Rules 9560.0130

Petitions, Minn. Rules 9560.0160

MinnesotaCare, coverage for adopted children, Minn. Rules 9506.0030

Minority children, Minn. Rules 9560.0040

Nonrelative homes, independent placement, Minn. Rules 9560.0130

Petitions, Minn. Rules 9560.0160

Placement agreements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060

Postadoption services, see POSTADOPTION SERVICES

Postplacement services

Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060

Preplacement requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0060

Private agencies, see PRIVATE CHILD-CARING AND CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 9560.0010

Records and record keeping

Birth records, disclosure, Minn. Rules 9560.0030, 9560.0170

Certified copies, definitions, Minn. Rules 7410.0100

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0170, 9560.0180

Relatives

Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020

Preference, Minn. Rules 9560.0040

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 9560.0015

Special needs children, requirements, Minn. Rules 9560.0040

State adoption exchange, Minn. Rules 9560.0040

Suitability studies

Defined, Minn. Rules 9560.0020

Generally, Minn. Rules 9560.0140

Termination of parental rights, Minn. Rules 9560.0030

Termination of placement, Minn. Rules 9560.0110

Transportation of child, independent placements, Minn. Rules 9560.0120