259.45 MS 1992 [Renumbered 259.75] 259.45 STATE AUDIT OF ADOPTION AGENCY; CIVIL ACTION.
Subdivision 1. Audit. If the commissioner or attorney general has good cause to believe that a child-placing agency has violated section 259.37, subdivision 1, 259.55, 317A.907, or any other applicable law dealing with fees, payments, accounts, or financial disclosure by a child-placing agency, the commissioner or the attorney general may seek a court order requiring a financial audit of the agency, at the agency's expense, by an auditor chosen by the commissioner or attorney general.
Subd. 2. Civil action. A court may grant equitable or monetary relief that is just and reasonable in the circumstances or may dissolve an adoption agency and liquidate its assets if the assets of the agency are being misapplied or wasted. The attorney general or the commissioner may bring an action in district court if the directors or those in control of the agency have misapplied or wasted assets of the agency or have acted fraudulently, illegally, or in a manner unfairly prejudicial toward a client of the agency in the capacity of a director or one in control of the agency.
1994 c 631 s 21,31
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.