1997 Minnesota Statutes

   259.45 State audit of adoption agency; civil action. 

    Subdivision 1.    Audit.  If the commissioner or 
 attorney general has good cause to believe that a child-placing 
 agency has violated section 259.37, subdivision 1, 259.55, 
 317A.907, or any other applicable law dealing with fees, 
 payments, accounts, or financial disclosure by a child-placing 
 agency, the commissioner or the attorney general may seek a 
 court order requiring a financial audit of the agency, at the 
 agency's expense, by an auditor chosen by the commissioner or 
 attorney general. 

    Subd. 2.    Civil action.  A court may grant equitable 
 or monetary relief that is just and reasonable in the 
 circumstances or may dissolve an adoption agency and liquidate 
 its assets if the assets of the agency are being misapplied or 
 wasted.  The attorney general or the commissioner may bring an 
 action in district court if the directors or those in control of 
 the agency have misapplied or wasted assets of the agency or 
 have acted fraudulently, illegally, or in a manner unfairly 
 prejudicial toward a client of the agency in the capacity of a 
 director or one in control of the agency. 

    HIST: 1994 c 631 s 21,31