(a) Any adult person may be adopted, regardless of the adult person's residence. A resident of Minnesota may petition the court of record having jurisdiction of adoption proceedings to adopt an individual who has reached the age of 18 years or older.
(b) The consent of the person to be adopted shall be the only consent necessary, according to section 259.24. The consent of an adult in the adult person's own adoption is invalid if the adult is considered to be a vulnerable adult under section 626.5572, subdivision 21, or if the person consenting to the adoption is determined not competent to give consent.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a person in extended foster care under section 260C.451 may consent to the person's own adoption as long as the court with jurisdiction finds the person competent to give consent.
(d) The decree of adoption establishes a parent-child relationship between the adopting parent or parents and the person adopted, including the right to inherit, and also terminates the parental rights between the adopted person and the adopted person's birth parents according to section 259.59.
(e) If the adopted person requests a change of name, the adoption decree shall order the name change.
2008 c 361 art 6 s 5; 2021 c 30 art 10 s 15
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 259 — Change Of Name, Adoption
Section 259.10 — General Requirements.
Section 259.11 — Order; Filing Copies.
Section 259.115 — Criminal Penalties.
Section 259.12 — Correctional Inmates; Name Changes; Limited.
Section 259.13 — Persons With Felony Conviction; Name Changes.
Section 259.23 — Juvenile Court, Jurisdiction.
Section 259.241 — Adult Adoption.
Section 259.25 — Agreement Conferring Authority To Place For Adoption.
Section 259.27 — Notification Of Death Or Terminal Illness.
Section 259.29 — Protection Of Best Interests In Adoptive Placements.
Section 259.31 — Agency Placement Factors.
Section 259.35 — Notice To Adoptive Parents.
Section 259.37 — Agency; Fee Schedule; Disclosure; Civil Action.
Section 259.39 — Commissioner's Statement.
Section 259.41 — Adoption Study.
Section 259.43 — Birth Parent History; Commissioner's Form.
Section 259.45 — State Audit Of Adoption Agency; Civil Action.
Section 259.47 — Direct Adoptive Placement.
Section 259.49 — Notice, Hearing On Petition.
Section 259.52 — Fathers' Adoption Registry.
Section 259.53 — Petition; Investigations; Reports.
Section 259.55 — Payment Of Birth Parent Expenses; Penalty.
Section 259.57 — Hearing, Decree.
Section 259.58 — Communication Or Contact Agreements.
Section 259.59 — Effect Of Adoption.
Section 259.60 — Intercountry Adoptions; Obtaining Amended Birth Record.
Section 259.61 — Hearings, Confidential.
Section 259.65 — Appointment Of Attorney And Guardian Ad Litem.
Section 259.73 — Reimbursement Of Nonrecurring Adoption Expenses.
Section 259.75 — State Adoption Exchange.
Section 259.77 — Family Recruitment.
Section 259.78 — Grandparent Visitation.
Section 259.79 — Adoption Records.
Section 259.81 — Referral For Services.
Section 259.83 — Postadoption Services.
Section 259.88 — Data And Best Practices.
Section 259.89 — Access To Original Birth Record Information.