Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 257 — Children; Custody, Legitimacy

Section 257.01 — Records Required. - Each person or authorized child-placing agency permitted by law to...

Section 257.02 — Surrender Of Parental Rights. - No person other than the parents or relatives may assume...

Section 257.025 — Custody Disputes. - (a) In any custody or parenting time proceeding involving unmarried...

Section 257.026 — Notification Of Residence With Certain Convicted Persons. - A person who is granted or exercises custody of a...

Section 257.03 — Notice To Commissioner Of Human Services. - Any person not exempted from the requirement for licensure under...

Section 257.035 — Emergency. - A relative who acts to protect a child in an...

Section 257.04 — Investigation. - Upon receipt of the notice provided for in section 257.03...

Section 257.05 — Importation. - Subdivision 1. Notification and duties of commissioner. No person, except...

Section 257.06 — Exportation. - No person except a parent or guardian may take or...

Section 257.065 — Authorized Child-placing Agency Definition. - For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 259, "authorized...

Section 257.0651 — Compliance With Indian Child Welfare Act. - Sections 257.03 to 257.0725 and 260C.208 to 260C.215 must be...

Section 257.066 — Rules. - By December 31, 1989, the commissioner of human services shall...

Section 257.0725 — Annual Report. - (a) The commissioner of human services shall publish an annual...

Section 257.0755 — Office Of Ombudsperson; Creation; Qualifications; Function. - Subdivision 1. Creation. Each ombudsperson shall operate independently from but...

Section 257.076 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 257.0755 to...

Section 257.0761 — Organization Of Office Of Ombudsperson. - Subdivision 1. Staff; unclassified status; retirement. The ombudsperson for each...

Section 257.0762 — Duties And Powers. - Subdivision 1. Duties. (a) Each ombudsperson shall monitor agency compliance...

Section 257.0763 — Matters Appropriate For Review. - (a) In selecting matters for review, an ombudsperson should give...

Section 257.0764 — Complaints. - An ombudsperson may receive a complaint from any source concerning...

Section 257.0765 — Recommendations To Agency. - (a) If, after reviewing a complaint or conducting an investigation...

Section 257.0766 — Recommendations And Public Reports. - Subdivision 1. Specific reports. An ombudsperson may send conclusions and...

Section 257.0767 — Civil Actions. - The ombudsperson and designees are not civilly liable for any...

Section 257.0768 — Community-specific Boards. - Subdivision 1. Membership. Three community-specific boards are created. Each board...

Section 257.0769 — Funding For The Ombudsperson Program. - Subdivision 1. Appropriations. (a) $23,000 from the special account authorized...

Section 257.175 — Duties Of Commissioner Of Human Services. - It shall be the duty of the commissioner of human...

Section 257.33 — Duties Of Commissioner Of Human Services; Minor Parents. - Subdivision 1. Services to pregnant women. It shall be the...

Section 257.34 — Declaration Of Parentage. - Subdivision 1. Acknowledgment by parents. The mother and father of...

Section 257.51 — Citation. - Sections 257.51 to 257.74 may be cited as the Parentage...

Section 257.52 — Parent And Child Relationship Defined. - As used in sections 257.51 to 257.74, "parent and child...

Section 257.53 — Relationship Not Dependent On Marriage. - The parent and child relationship may exist regardless of the...

Section 257.54 — How Parent And Child Relationship Established. - The parent and child relationship between a child and: (a)...

Section 257.541 — Custody And Parenting Time With Children Born Outside Of Marriage. - Subdivision 1. Mother's right to custody. The biological mother of...

Section 257.55 — Presumption Of Paternity. - Subdivision 1. Presumption. A man is presumed to be the...

Section 257.56 — Artificial Insemination. - Subdivision 1. Husband treated as biological father. If, under the...

Section 257.57 — Determination Of Father And Child Relationship; Who May Bring Action; When Action May Be Brought. - Subdivision 1. Actions under section 257.55, subdivision 1, paragraph (a),...

Section 257.58 — Limitation Of Actions; Exceptions. - Subdivision 1. Actions for children without a presumed father. Except...

Section 257.59 — Jurisdiction; Venue. - Subdivision 1. Court jurisdiction. The district court has jurisdiction of...

Section 257.60 — Parties. - The child may be made a party to the action....

Section 257.61 — Pretrial Proceedings. - As soon as practicable, after an action to declare the...

Section 257.62 — Blood And Genetic Tests. - Subdivision 1. Blood or genetic tests required. (a) The court...

Section 257.63 — Evidence Relating To Paternity. - Subdivision 1. Included evidence. Evidence relating to paternity may include:...

Section 257.64 — Pretrial Orders And Recommendations. - Subdivision 1. Permissible orders and recommendations. On the basis of...

Section 257.65 — Civil Action. - An action under sections 257.51 to 257.74 is a civil...

Section 257.651 — Default Order Of Parentage. - In an action to determine the existence of the father...

Section 257.66 — Judgment Or Order. - Subdivision 1. Determinative. The judgment or order of the court...

Section 257.67 — Enforcement Of Judgment Or Order. - Subdivision 1. Who may enforce; determinations from other states. If...

Section 257.68 — Modification Of Judgment Or Order. - A court entering a judgment or order for the payment...

Section 257.69 — Right To Counsel; Costs; Free Transcript On Appeal. - Subdivision 1. Representation by counsel. In all proceedings under sections...

Section 257.70 — Hearings And Records; Confidentiality. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records,...

Section 257.71 — Action To Declare Mother And Child Relationship. - A child, the father or personal representative of the child,...

Section 257.72 — Promise To Render Support. - Subdivision 1. No consideration required. A person's signed promise to...

Section 257.73 — Birth Records. - Subdivision 1. Replacement birth record. Upon compliance with the provisions...

Section 257.74 — Adoption; Termination Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Notification of father. If a mother relinquishes or...

Section 257.75 — Recognition Of Parentage. - Subdivision 1. Recognition by parents. The mother and father of...

Section 257.85 — Relative Custody Assistance. - Subdivision 1. Citation. This section may be cited as the...