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Stat. § 260.781
Minnesota
Statutes
Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267)
Chapter
260. Juveniles
Minnesota
Indian Preservation Act
260.781. Records; information
availability
Subdivision
1. Court decree information.
A state court entering a final decree or order in an Indian child adoptive
placement shall provide the department of human services and the child's
tribal social services agency with a copy of the decree or order together
with such other information to show:
(1)
the name and tribal affiliation of the child;
(2)
the names and addresses of the biological parents;
(3)
the names and addresses of the adoptive parents; and
(4)
the identity of any agency having files or information relating to the
adoptive placement.
If the court records contain
an affidavit of the biological or adoptive parent or parents requesting
anonymity, the court shall delete the name and address of the biological
or adoptive parents from the information sent to the child's tribal social
services agency.
Subdivision
2. Disclosure of records. Upon the request of an adopted Indian person
over the age of 18, the adoptive or foster parents of an Indian person,
or an Indian tribal social services agency, the department of human services
shall disclose to the Indian person's tribe information necessary for
membership of an Indian person in the tribe in which the person may be
eligible for membership or for determining any rights or benefits associated
with that membership. When the documents relating to the person contain
an affidavit from
the biological or adoptive parent or parents requesting anonymity, the
department must use the procedures described in United States Code, title
25, section 1951, paragraph (b).
CREDIT(S)
Laws 1999, c. 139, art.
1, § 8.
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