1998 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 259. Change of name, adoption

Table of Sections

Section	Headnote
259.09	[Repealed, 1951 c 508 s 13]
259.10	General requirements.
259.11	Order; filing copies.
259.12	Correctional inmates; name changes; limited.
259.20	Policy.
259.21	Definitions.
259.22	Petition.
259.23	Juvenile court, jurisdiction.
259.24	Consents.
259.25	Agreement conferring authority to place for adoption.
259.253	Renumbered 259.27
259.255	Renumbered 259.29
259.2565	Renumbered 259.33
259.257	Renumbered 259.35
259.26	Renumbered 259.49
259.261	Renumbered 259.51
259.27	Notification of death or terminal illness.
259.28	Renumbered 259.57
259.29	Protection of best interests in adoptive placements.
259.30	[Repealed, 1975 c 216 s 1]
259.31	Agency placement factors.
259.32	Renumbered 259.63
259.33	[MS 1996 Repealed, 1997 c 239 art 6 s 38]
259.35	Notice to adoptive parents.
259.37	Agency; fee schedule; disclosure; civil action.
259.39	Commissioner's statement.
259.40	Renumbered 259.67
259.405	[Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 104]
259.406	Renumbered 259.69
259.41	Adoption study.
259.43	Birth parent history; commissioner's form.
259.431	Renumbered 259.71
259.44	Renumbered 259.73
259.45	State audit of adoption agency; civil action.
259.455	Renumbered 259.77
259.46	Renumbered 259.79
259.465	Renumbered 259.81
259.47	Direct adoptive placement.
259.471	Renumbered 259.85
259.48	Renumbered 259.87
259.49	Notice, hearing on petition.
259.51	[Repealed, 1997 c 218 s 13]
259.52	Putative fathers' adoption registry.
259.53	Petition; investigations; reports.
259.55	Payment of birth parent expenses; penalty.
259.57	Hearing, decree.
259.58	Communication or contact agreements.
259.59	Effect of adoption.
259.60	Intercountry adoptions; obtaining amended birth certificate.
259.61	Hearings, confidential.
259.63	Appeals.
259.65	Appointment of attorney and guardian ad litem.
259.67	Adoption assistance program.
259.69	Transfer of funds.
259.71	Interstate adoption compacts; service payments.
259.73	Reimbursement of nonrecurring adoption expenses.
259.75	State adoption exchange.
259.77	Family recruitment.
259.78	Grandparent visitation.
259.79	Adoption records.
259.81	Referral for services.
259.83	Postadoption services.
259.85	Postadoption service grants program.
259.87	Rules.
259.89	Access to original birth certificate information.