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Minnesota Administrative Rules
9560.0150 INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIVE PLACEMENTS.
Subpart 1.
Requirements.
No child may be brought into or sent out of Minnesota for adoptive placement into a nonrelative's home unless one of the following conditions is met:
A.
the commissioner, as state administrator of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, issues written approval for the importation or exportation pursuant to the requirements of that compact; or
B.
the commissioner has, in noncompact situations, issued a written consent to importation or exportation of the child, pursuant to applicable state law.
Subp. 2.
Unlicensed third parties.
The commissioner shall not issue consent or approval for the movement of a child across state lines if the proposed placement is planned or made by an unlicensed third party.
Subp. 3.
Approval for importation.
The commissioner, upon receipt of all required documentation, shall issue consent or approval for importation when:
A.
the foreign country allows the child to be exported for the purpose of adoption in the United States;
B.
an authorized child-placing agency in the sending state has adoptive planning rights to the child and requests the importation into Minnesota; or
C.
a family plans to move to Minnesota and has a child placed with them according to the laws of the other state or country.
Subp. 4.
Documents required.
The documents required for the commissioner's consent and approval are:
A.
an authorized child-placing agency's written confirmation that the family is approved for adoptive placement;
Subp. 5.
Direct correspondence between agencies.
Local social service agencies, other than Hennepin, Ramsey, and St. Louis Counties, shall route correspondence directed to out-of-state agencies through the state agency's adoption unit.
History:
9 SR 909; 17 SR 1279
Published Electronically:
October 11, 2007
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