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MN Stat § 260C.603 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.603 — Definitions.

260C.603 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 260C.601 to 260C.635, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Adopting parent. "Adopting parent" means an adult who has signed an adoption placement agreement regarding the child and has the same meaning as preadoptive parent under section 259A.01, subdivision 23. Subd. 3. Adoption placement agreement. "Adoption placement agreement" means the written agreement between the responsible social services agency, the commissioner, and the adopting parent which reflects the intent of all the signatories to the agreement that the adopting parent establish a parent and child relationship by adoption with the child who is under the guardianship of the commissioner. The adoptive placement agreement must be in the commissioner's designated format. Subd. 4. Adoptive parent. "Adoptive parent" has the meaning given in section 259A.01, subdivision 3. Subd. 5. Adoptive placement. "Adoptive placement" means a placement made by the responsible social services agency upon a fully executed adoption placement agreement including the signatures of the adopting parent, the responsible social services agency, and the commissioner of human services according to section 260C.613, subdivision 1. Subd. 6. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services or any employee of the Department of Human Services to whom the commissioner has delegated authority regarding children under the commissioner's guardianship. Subd. 7. Guardianship. "Guardianship" has the meaning given in section 259A.01, subdivision 17; 260C.325; or 260C.515, subdivision 3. Subd. 8. Prospective adoptive parent. "Prospective adoptive parent" means an individual who may become an adopting parent regardless of whether the individual has an adoption study approving the individual for adoption, but who has not signed an adoption placement agreement. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 27
MN Stat § 260C.609 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.609 — Social And Medical History.

260C.609 SOCIAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY. (a) The responsible social services agency shall thoroughly discuss the child's history with the prospective adoptive parent of the child and shall give a redacted copy of the child's social and medical history as described in section 260C.212, subdivision 15, including redacted attachments, to the prospective adoptive parent. If the prospective adoptive parent does not pursue adoption of the child, the prospective adoptive parent must return the child's social and medical history and redacted attachments to the agency. The responsible social services agency may give a redacted copy of the child's social and medical history to the child according to section 260C.212, subdivision 1. (b) The report shall not include information that identifies birth relatives. Redacted copies of all of the child's relevant evaluations, assessments, and records must be attached to the social and medical history. (c) The agency must submit the child's social and medical history to the Department of Human Services at the time that the agency submits the child's adoption placement agreement. Pursuant to section 260C.623, subdivision 4, the child's social and medical history must be submitted to the court at the time the adoption petition is filed with the court. History:  2012 c 216 art 1 s 30; 2021 c 30 art 10 s 41
MN Stat § 260C.611 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.611 — Adoption Study Required.

260C.611 ADOPTION STUDY REQUIRED. (a) An adoption study under section 259.41 approving placement of the child in the home of the prospective adoptive parent shall be completed before placing any child under the guardianship of the commissioner in a home for adoption. If a prospective adoptive parent has a current child foster care license under chapter 245A and is seeking to adopt a foster child who is placed in the prospective adoptive parent's home and is under the guardianship of the commissioner according to section 260C.325, subdivision 1, the child foster care home study meets the requirements of this section for an approved adoption home study if: (1) the written home study on which the foster care license was based is completed in the commissioner's designated format, consistent with the requirements in sections 259.41, subdivision 2; and 260C.215, subdivision 4, clause (5); and Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3060, subpart 4; (2) the background studies on each prospective adoptive parent and all required household members were completed according to section 245C.33; (3) the commissioner has not issued, within the last three years, a sanction on the license under section 245A.07 or an order of a conditional license under section 245A.06; and (4) the legally responsible agency determines that the individual needs of the child are being met by the prospective adoptive parent through an assessment under section 256N.24, subdivision 2, or a documented placement decision consistent with section 260C.212, subdivision 2. (b) If a prospective adoptive parent has previously held a foster care license or adoptive home study, any update necessary to the foster care license, or updated or new adoptive home study, if not completed by the licensing authority responsible for the previous license or home study, shall include collateral information from the previous licensing or approving agency, if available. History:  2012 c 216 art 1 s 31; 2014 c 312 art 25 s 31
MN Stat § 260C.615 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.615 — Duties Of Commissioner.

260C.615 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Duties. (a) For any child who is under the guardianship of the commissioner, the commissioner has the exclusive rights to consent to: (1) the medical care plan for the treatment of a child who is at imminent risk of death or who has a chronic disease that, in a physician's judgment, will result in the child's death in the near future including a physician's order not to resuscitate or intubate the child; and (2) the child donating a part of the child's body to another person while the child is living; the decision to donate a body part under this clause shall take into consideration the child's wishes and the child's culture. (b) In addition to the exclusive rights under paragraph (a), the commissioner has a duty to: (1) process any complete and accurate request for home study and placement through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children under section 260.851; (2) process any complete and accurate application for adoption assistance forwarded by the responsible social services agency according to chapter 256N; (3) review and process an adoption placement agreement forwarded to the commissioner by the responsible social services agency and return it to the agency in a timely fashion; and (4) maintain records as required in chapter 259. Subd. 2. Duties not reserved. All duties, obligations, and consents not specifically reserved to the commissioner in this section are delegated to the responsible social services agency, subject to supervision by the commissioner under section 393.07. History:  2012 c 216 art 1 s 33; 2021 c 30 art 10 s 42
MN Stat § 260C.617 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.617 — Sibling Placement.

260C.617 SIBLING PLACEMENT. (a) The responsible social services agency shall make every effort to place siblings together for adoption. (b) The court shall review any proposal by the responsible social services agency to separate siblings for purposes of adoption. (c) If there is venue in more than one county for matters regarding siblings who are under the guardianship of the commissioner, the judges conducting reviews regarding the siblings shall communicate with each other about the siblings' needs and, where appropriate, shall conduct review hearings in a manner that ensures coordinated planning by agencies involved in decision making for the siblings. (d) After notice to the individuals and entities listed in section 260C.627, the foster or prospective adoptive parent of the child, and any foster, adopting, or adoptive parents of the child's siblings, or relatives with permanent legal and physical custody of the child's sibling, and upon hearing, the court may determine that a child under the court's jurisdiction may be separated from the child's sibling for adoption when: (1) the responsible social services agency has made reasonable efforts to place the siblings together, and after finding reasonable efforts have been made, the court finds further efforts would significantly delay the adoption of one or more of the siblings and are therefore not in the best interests of one or more of the siblings; or (2) the court determines it is not in the best interests of one or more of the siblings to be placed together after reasonable efforts by the responsible social services agency to place the siblings together. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 34
MN Stat § 260C.621 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.621 — Jurisdiction And Venue.

260C.621 JURISDICTION AND VENUE. Subdivision 1. Jurisdiction. (a) The juvenile court has original jurisdiction for all adoption proceedings involving the adoption of a child under the guardianship of the commissioner, including when the commissioner approves the placement of the child through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children under section 260.851 for adoption outside the state of Minnesota and an adoption petition is filed in Minnesota. (b) The receiving state also has jurisdiction to conduct an adoption proceeding for a child under the guardianship of the commissioner when the adopting home was approved by the receiving state through the interstate compact. Subd. 2. Venue. (a) Venue for the adoption of a child committed to the guardianship of the commissioner of human services shall be the court conducting reviews in the matter according to section 260C.607. (b) Upon request of the responsible social services agency, the court conducting reviews under section 260C.607 may order that filing an adoption petition involving a child under the guardianship of the commissioner be permitted in the county where the adopting parent resides upon determining that: (1) there is no motion for an order for adoptive placement of the child that has been filed or is reasonably anticipated by the responsible social services agency to be filed; and (2) filing the petition in the adopting parent's county of residence will expedite the proceedings and serve the best interests of the child. (c) When the court issues an order under paragraph (b), a copy of the court order shall be filed together with the adoption petition in the court of the adopting parent's county of residence. (d) The court shall notify the court conducting reviews under section 260C.607 when the adoption is finalized so that the court conducting reviews under section 260C.607 may close its jurisdiction and the court record, including the court's electronic case record, in the county conducting the reviews shall reflect that adoption of the child was finalized. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 36
MN Stat § 260C.625 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.625 — Documents Filed By Social Services Agency.

260C.625 DOCUMENTS FILED BY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY. (a) The following shall be filed by the responsible social services agency prior to finalization of the adoption: (1) a certified copy of the child's birth record; (2) a certified copy of the findings and order terminating parental rights or order accepting the parent's consent to adoption under section 260C.515, subdivision 3, and for guardianship to the commissioner; (3) a copy of any communication or contact agreement under section 260C.619; (4) certification that the Minnesota Fathers' Adoption Registry has been searched which requirement may be met according to the requirements of the Minnesota Rules of Adoption Procedure, Rule 32.01, subdivision 2; (5) the original of each consent to adoption required, if any, unless the original was filed in the permanency proceeding conducted under section 260C.515, subdivision 3, and the order filed under clause (2) has a copy of the consent attached; and (6) the postplacement assessment report required under section 259.53, subdivision 2. (b) The responsible social services agency shall provide any known aliases of the child to the court. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 38
MN Stat § 260C.627 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.627 — Notice Of Adoption Proceedings.

260C.627 NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. To whom given. (a) Notice of the adoption proceedings shall not be given to any parent whose rights have been terminated or who has consented to the adoption of the child under this chapter. (b) Notice of the adoption proceedings shall be given to the following: (1) the child's tribe if the child is an Indian child; (2) the responsible social services agency; (3) the child's guardian ad litem; (4) the child, if the child is age ten or over; (5) the child's attorney; and (6) the adopting parent. (c) Notice of a hearing regarding the adoption petition shall have a copy of the petition attached unless service of the petition has already been accomplished. Subd. 2. Method of service. Notice of adoption proceedings for a child under the guardianship of the commissioner may be served by United States mail or any other method approved by the Minnesota Rules of Adoption Procedure. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 39
MN Stat § 260C.629 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.629 — Finalization Hearing.

260C.629 FINALIZATION HEARING. Subdivision 1. Consent. (a) A parent whose rights to the child have not been terminated must consent to the adoption of the child. A parent may consent to the adoption of the child under section 260C.515, subdivision 3, and that consent shall be irrevocable upon acceptance by the court except as otherwise provided in section 260C.515, subdivision 3, clause (2)(i). A parent of an Indian child may consent to the adoption of the child according to United States Code, title 25, section 1913, and that consent may be withdrawn for any reason at any time before the entry of a final decree of adoption. (b) When the child to be adopted is age 14 years or older, the child's written consent to adoption by the adopting parent is required. (c) Consent by the responsible social services agency or the commissioner is not required because the adoptive placement has been made by the responsible social services agency. Subd. 2. Required documents. In order to issue a decree for adoption and enter judgment accordingly, the court must have the following documents in the record: (1) the original birth record of the child; (2) an adoption study report including a background study required under section 259.41; (3) a certified copy of the findings and order terminating parental rights or order accepting the parent's consent to adoption under section 260C.515, subdivision 3, and for guardianship to the commissioner; (4) any consents required under subdivision 1; (5) the child's social and medical history under section 260C.609; (6) the postplacement assessment report required under section 259.53, subdivision 2, unless waived by the court on the record at a hearing under section 260C.607; and (7) a report from the child's guardian ad litem. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 40
MN Stat § 260C.631 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.631 — Judgment And Decree.

260C.631 JUDGMENT AND DECREE. (a) After taking testimony from the responsible social services agency, which may be by telephone or affidavit if the court has transferred venue of the matter to a county not conducting the posttermination of parental rights reviews under section 260C.607, and the adopting parent, if the court finds that it is in the best interests of the child that the petition be granted, a decree of adoption shall be issued ordering that the child to be adopted shall be the child of the adopting parent. In the decree, the court may change the name of the adopted child, if a name change is requested. (b) After the decree is granted, the court administrator shall mail a copy of the decree to the commissioner of human services. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 41
MN Stat § 260C.633 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.633 — Adoption Denied.

260C.633 ADOPTION DENIED. (a) If the court is not satisfied that the proposed adoption is in the best interests of the child to be adopted, the court shall deny the petition and order the responsible social services agency to take appropriate action for the protection and safety of the child. If venue has been transferred under section 260C.621, subdivision 2, the court denying the petition shall notify the court originally conducting the guardianship reviews under section 260C.607. (b) The court responsible for conducting reviews under section 260C.607 shall set a hearing within 30 days of receiving notice of denial of the petition. (c) Any appeal of the denial of an adoption petition under this section shall be made according to the requirements of the Minnesota Rules of Adoption Procedure. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 42
MN Stat § 260C.635 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.635 — Effect Of Adoption.

260C.635 EFFECT OF ADOPTION. Subdivision 1. Legal effect. (a) Upon adoption, the adopted child becomes the legal child of the adopting parent and the adopting parent becomes the legal parent of the child with all the rights and duties between them of a birth parent and child. (b) The child shall inherit from the adoptive parent and the adoptive parent's relatives the same as though the child were the birth child of the parent, and in case of the child's death intestate, the adoptive parent and the adoptive parent's relatives shall inherit the child's estate as if the child had been the adoptive parent's birth child. (c) After a decree of adoption is entered, the birth parents or previous legal parents of the child shall be relieved of all parental responsibilities for the child except child support that has accrued to the date of the order for guardianship to the commissioner which continues to be due and owing. The child's birth or previous legal parent shall not exercise or have any rights over the adopted child or the adopted child's property, person, privacy, or reputation. (d) The adopted child shall not owe the birth parents or the birth parent's relatives any legal duty nor shall the adopted child inherit from the birth parents or kindred unless otherwise provided for in a will of the birth parent or kindred. (e) Upon adoption, the court shall complete a certificate of adoption form and mail the form to the Office of Vital Records at the Minnesota Department of Health. Upon receiving the certificate of adoption, the state registrar shall register a replacement vital record in the new name of the adopted child as required under section 144.218. Subd. 2. Enrollment in American Indian tribe. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1, the adoption of a child whose birth parent or parents are enrolled in an American Indian tribe shall not change the child's enrollment in that tribe. Subd. 3. Communication or contact agreements. This section does not prohibit birth parents, relatives, birth or legal siblings, and adoptive parents from entering a communication or contact agreement under section 260C.619. History:  2012 c 216 art 1 s 43; 2013 c 108 art 12 s 98
MN Stat § 260C.637 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.637 — Access To Original Birth Record Information.

260C.637 ACCESS TO ORIGINAL BIRTH RECORD INFORMATION. An adopted person may ask the commissioner of health to disclose the information on the adopted person's original birth record according to section 259.89. History:   2012 c 216 art 1 s 44
MN Stat § 260C.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.70 — Citation.

260C.70 CITATION. Sections 260C.70 to 260C.714 may be cited as "Placements in Qualified Residential Treatment Programs." Sections 260C.70 to 260C.714 implement the requirements of the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123, and apply to children for whom the juvenile treatment screening team under section 260C.157, subdivision 3, recommends placement in a qualified residential treatment program. History:   1Sp2020 c 2 art 5 s 84
MN Stat § 260C.702 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement|Section 260C.702 — Requirements For Placements In Qualified Residential Treatment Programs.

260C.702 REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACEMENTS IN QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS. For the responsible social services agency to place a child in a qualified residential treatment program, there must be: (1) an assessment by a qualified individual of whether it is necessary and appropriate to place the child at a qualified residential treatment program under section 260C.704; (2) a family and permanency team under section 260C.706; (3) an out-of-home placement plan under section 260C.708; (4) court approval of a child's placement in a qualified residential treatment program under section 260C.71; (5) ongoing reviews and permanency hearings under section 260C.712; and (6) a court review of any extended placement of the child in a qualified residential treatment program under section 260C.714. History:   1Sp2020 c 2 art 5 s 85