1997 Minnesota Statutes

     260.36 Special provisions in certain cases. 

    When the commissioner of human services shall find that a 
 child transferred to the commissioner's guardianship after 
 parental rights to the child are terminated or that a child 
 committed to the commissioner's guardianship as a child in need 
 of protection or services is handicapped physically or whose 
 mentality has not been satisfactorily determined or who is 
 affected by habits, ailments, or handicaps that produce erratic 
 and unstable conduct, and is not suitable or desirable for 
 placement in a home for permanent care or adoption, the 
 commissioner of human services shall make special provision for 
 the child's care and treatment designed to the child, if 
 possible, for such placement or to become self-supporting.  The 
 facilities of the commissioner of human services and all state 
 treatment facilities, the Minnesota general hospital, and the 
 child guidance clinic of its psychopathic department, as well as 
 the facilities available through reputable clinics, private 
 child-caring agencies, and foster boarding homes, accredited as 
 provided by law, may be used as the particular needs of the 
 child may demand.  When it appears that the child is suitable 
 for permanent placement or adoption, the commissioner of human 
 services shall cause the child to be placed as provided in 
 section 260.35.  If the commissioner of human services is 
 satisfied that the child is mentally retarded the commissioner 
 may bring the child before the district court of the county 
 where the child is found or the county of the child's legal 
 settlement for examination and commitment as provided by law.  

    HIST: 1941 c 159 s 3; 1959 c 685 s 51; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 
 1985 c 21 s 61; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 673 s 38; 1995 c 189 s 8; 
 1996 c 277 s 1