1997 Minnesota Statutes

     259.60 Intercountry adoptions; obtaining amended birth 
  certificate. 

    Subdivision 1.    Validity of intercountry adoption.  
 The adoption of a child by a resident of this state under the 
 laws of a foreign country is valid and binding under the laws of 
 this state if the validity of the foreign adoption has been 
 verified by the granting of an IR-3 visa for the child by the 
 United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. 

    Subd. 2.    Amended birth certificate; procedure and 
 order.  (a) Under the procedures in paragraph (b), a person, 
 whose adoption of a child under the laws of a foreign country is 
 valid in this state under subdivision 1, may petition the 
 district court in the county where the adoptive parent resides 
 for a decree confirming and recognizing the adoption and for a 
 new birth certificate for the child. 

    (b) A court shall issue the decree and birth certificate 
 upon receipt of the following documents: 

    (1) a petition by the adoptive parent requesting that the 
 court issue a Minnesota birth certificate, and stating that the 
 adoptive parent completed adoption of the child under the laws 
 of a foreign country and that the adoption is valid in this 
 state under subdivision 1.  The petition must be in the form of 
 a signed, sworn, and notarized statement; 

    (2) a copy of the child's original birth certificate, if 
 available; 

    (3) a copy of the final adoption certificate or equivalent 
 as issued by the foreign jurisdiction; 

    (4) a copy of the child's passport including the United 
 States visa indicating IR-3 immigration status; and 

    (5) certified English translations of any of the documents 
 in clauses (2) to (4) that are not written in the English 
 language. 

    HIST: 1997 c 177 s 18