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2020 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

PATERNITY

See also ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD SUPPORT; CHILDREN; CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK

Acknowledgments, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55

Appeals, free transcripts, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.69

Blood tests

Additional tests, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.62

Admissible evidence, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.62

Costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.69, 257.75

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55

Independent tests, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.62

Negative test results, nonexistence of father-child relationship, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.75

Positive test results, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.62

Pretrial recommendation, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.64

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.62

Test results, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.62

Child support proceedings, parentage determinations, Minn. Statutes 2020 518C.316, 518C.401, 518C.402

Children, identity of alleged father, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.64

Declaration of parentage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.34

Desertion, Minn. Statutes 2020 609.31

Establishment of

Access to records, Minn. Statutes 2020 256.978

Children in need of protection or services, Minn. Statutes 2020 260C.150

Federal incentives, Minn. Statutes 2020 256.979

Leaving state to evade establishment, Minn. Statutes 2020 609.31

Medical assistance recipients, duties, Minn. Statutes 2020 256B.056

Minnesota family investment program (MFIP), Minn. Statutes 2020 256J.24

Public assistance recipients or applicants, Minn. Statutes 2020 256.741

Public information and education programs, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.75

Evidence

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.63

Presumption, evidence required for rebuttal, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.70

Genetic tests

Children in need of protection or services, Minn. Statutes 2020 260C.150

Costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.69, 257.75

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.62

Negative test results, nonexistence of father-child relationship, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.75

Pretrial recommendations, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.64

Hearings

Data, confidentiality, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.70

Nonappearance of father, effect, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.651

Judgments

Compromise agreements, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.64

Default judgments, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.651

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.66, 257.67

Modification or revocation, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.68

Unpaid child support, Minn. Statutes 2020 548.091

Jurisdiction

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.59

Ramsey County family court, duties, Minn. Statutes 2020 484.64

Lawsuits

After birth, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57

Appeals, transcripts, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.69

Attorneys, rights to, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.69

Before birth, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57

Civil procedures, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.65

Commencement following fathers' adoption registry notice, Minn. Statutes 2020 259.52

County attorneys, duties, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.69, 393.11

Evidence, rebuttal of presumption, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55

Existence of father-child relationship, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55, 257.57

Joining with other suits, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.59

Jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.59, 484.64

Minor signatories, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57

Nonexistence of father-child relationship, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55, 257.57

Parties, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57, 257.60

Presumption, rebuttal, evidence required, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55

Pretrial proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.61

Service of process, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57, 543.20

Statutes of limitations, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.58

Testimony, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.63, 257.65

Time, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57, 257.75

Venue, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.59

Who may bring, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57

Leaving the state to evade establishment of, Minn. Statutes 2020 609.31

Orders

Alleged father, identity, confidentiality, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.64

Blood and genetic tests, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.75

Enforcement, generally, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.67

Nonappearance, effect, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.651

Recognition of parentage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.75

Parties to suits, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.69

Presumptions

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55

Multiple recognitions of parentage, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.75

Rebuttal, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55, 257.57

Recognition of parentage, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55, 257.75

Pretrial hearings, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.64

Putative fathers, see under PARENTS

Ramsey County, family court, duties, Minn. Statutes 2020 484.64

Recognition of parentage

Child custody proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2020 518.156

Children born out of wedlock, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.541

Data, access, Minn. Statutes 2020 144.225

Father's name, entering on birth certificate, Minn. Statutes 2020 144.215

Foreign states, effect, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.67

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.75

Minor parents, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55, 257.57

Presumption of paternity, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55, 257.75

Recognition of another man as biological father, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.55

Replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2020 144.218

Records and record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.70

Statutes of limitations, father and child relationship, Minn. Statutes 2020 257.57