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Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 260C.611. Adoption study required

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) An adoption study undersection 259.41approving placement of the child in the home of the prospective adoptive parent must 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 142B 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 tosection 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 insections 259.41, subdivision 2; and260C.215, subdivision 4, clause (5); andMinnesota Rules, part 2960.3060, subpart 4;

(2) the background studies on each prospective adoptive parent and all required household members were completed according tosection 245C.33;

(3) the commissioner has not issued a sanction on the license undersection 142B.18or an order of a conditional license undersection 142B.16within the last three years, or the commissioner has determined it to be in the child's best interests to allow the child foster care home study to meet requirements of an approved adoption home study upon review of the legally responsible agency's adoptive placement decision; 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 undersection 142A.607, subdivision 2, or a documented placement decision consistent withsection 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.

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