1999 Minnesota Statutes

     260C.307 Procedures in terminating parental rights. 

    Subdivision 1.    Who may petition.  Any reputable 
 person, including but not limited to any agent of the 
 commissioner of human services, having knowledge of 
 circumstances which indicate that the rights of a parent to a 
 child should be terminated, may petition the juvenile court in 
 the manner provided in section 260C.141, subdivisions 4 and 5.  

    Subd. 2.    Hearing requirement.  The termination of 
 parental rights under the provisions of section 260C.301, shall 
 be made only after a hearing before the court, in the manner 
 provided in section 260C.163.  

    Subd. 3.    Notice.  The court shall have notice of the 
 time, place, and purpose of the hearing served on the parents, 
 as defined in sections 257.51 to 257.74 or 259.49, subdivision 
 1, clause (2), and upon the child's grandparent if the child has 
 lived with the grandparent within the two years immediately 
 preceding the filing of the petition.  Notice must be served in 
 the manner provided in sections 260C.151 and 260C.152, except 
 that personal service shall be made at least ten days before the 
 day of the hearing.  Published notice shall be made for three 
 weeks, the last publication to be at least ten days before the 
 day of the hearing; and notice sent by certified mail shall be 
 mailed at least 20 days before the day of the hearing.  A parent 
 who consents to the termination of parental rights under the 
 provisions of section 260C.301, subdivision 2, clause (a), may 
 waive in writing the notice required by this subdivision; 
 however, if the parent is a minor or incompetent the waiver 
 shall be effective only if the parent's guardian ad litem 
 concurs in writing. 

    Subd. 4.    Consent.  No parental rights of a minor or 
 incompetent parent may be terminated on consent of the parents 
 under the provisions of section 260C.301, subdivision 2, clause 
 (a), unless the guardian ad litem, in writing, joins in the 
 written consent of the parent to the termination of parental 
 rights.  

    HIST: 1999 c 139 art 3 s 31