Minnesota Adoption Court Cases

Minnesota Court Case: Petition of Santoro
This appeal presents the issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion in awarding visitation to the petitioning maternal grandparents, respondents Louis and Carole Santoro, over the objections of the children and their adoptive parents, appellants Stella and Kenneth Borgstrom. The Borgstroms are also the children's...


Minnesota Court Case: In re S.T.
This case involves Robert and Laurie Iskierka's attempt to adopt S.T. and N.T., two African-American children for whom they provide foster care. On May 22, 1989, S.T., born December 27, 1987, and N.T., born November 10, 1988, were placed in the Iskierka's home for emergency shelter care. The Iskierkas became...


Minnesota Court Case: M.H. v. Caritas Family Services
We are asked to decide whether public policy precludes an action against an adoption agency for alleged negligent misrepresentations made during the placement of a child in adoption proceedings and to review pre-trial rulings by the district court...


Minnesota Court Case: In re S.E.G.
This appeal arises out of a petition by the respondents, non-Indian foster parents, E.C. and C.C., to adopt three Native American children for whom they had provided foster care. At issue is whether the placement preferences provision of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. § 1915 (1988), provides...


Minnesota Court Case: Adoption of C.H. & A.H.
This matter involves the competing adoption petitions of the foster parents and the biological relatives of the minor children C.H. and A.H.. After a seven-day trial, the district court concluded that it was in the best interests of the children to grant the adoption petition of the foster parents subject to visitation rights in favor...


Minnesota Court Case: In re J. 574
Almost three years ago, Hennepin County Department of Children and Family Services filed a petition to terminate appellant Frances Michaud's parental rights to her three youngest children: son J.M., daughter J.M., and son M.M. After several hearings and complex negotiations attempting to reunite the family, the juvenile...


Minnesota Court Case: In re G.L.H.
Respondent dismissed her court-appointed counsel on the day of her termination of parental rights (TPR) trial, and argues that her decision to do so did not constitute a voluntary and intelligent waiver of her statutory right to counsel. Because we conclude that determining the validity of a parent's waiver of counsel does not require application...


Minnesota Court Case: In re P.R.L.
This case arose from a petition by the appellant, Hennepin County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), to the Hennepin County District Court, requesting termination of respondent mother's parental rights to her child, P.R.L. P.R.L. was born in July 1988. He has been consistently adjudicated a child...


Minnesota Court Case: Heidbreder v. Carton
Appellant Dale "J.R." Heidbreder, an Iowa resident, registered with the Minnesota Fathers' Adoption Registry 31 days after his former girlfriend Katie Carton gave birth to a girl, K.M.C. After registering, Heidbreder commenced a paternity action in Stearns County District Court in an attempt to block the pending adoption of...


Minnesota Court Case: In re J
Appellant, the mother of J.R., Jr. and A.I.R., appeals an order of the Minnesota Court of Appeals dismissing her appeal of the trial court order terminating her parental rights. The court of appeals dismissed the appeal because appellant failed to timely serve the guardian ad litem, a party to the matter, with the notice of appeal...


Minnesota Court Case: The Children of N.M.
Appellants challenge the district court's order terminating their parental rights, claiming that (1) the county failed to make sufficient efforts to reunite N.M. with her children and there was insufficient evidence that she was a palpably unfit parent, and (2) there was no basis to terminate the parental rights of E.M.'s father because he...


Minnesota Court Case: Welfare of H.N.R.
The children manifested negative effects when appellant visited or missed visitations with the children. After visitations, S.M.R. became nervous, clingy, and wet the bed. J.C.R. engaged in self-mutilation and picked his arm until sores developed. H.N.R. wanted to visit with her mother, but she would become defiant after...

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