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257B.03 DESIGNATOR.
(a) A parent with legal and physical custody or a legal custodian may designate a standby or
temporary custodian by means of a written designation unless the child has another legal parent:
(1) whose parental rights have not been terminated;
(2) whose whereabouts are known; and
(3) who is willing and able to make and carry out the daily custodial care and make decisions
concerning the child.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a parent or legal custodian may designate a standby or
temporary custodian with the consent of the other parent, or as provided by section 257B.05,
subdivision 6
.
(c) A legal custodian pursuant to a designation of temporary custodianship may not designate
a different temporary custodian.
History: 2000 c 404 s 4

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