Legal Opinion
Hisgun v. Velasco
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 16, 1996No. C5-95-449PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRINGER, Justice.
The issue here is whether an illegitimate father’s1 failure to file with the Minnesota Department of Health an affidavit declaring his intention to retain parental rights within the statutory time period prescribed in Minn. Stat. § 259.51, subd. 1 (1994)2 of Minnesota’s adoption statute bars him from bringing an action to establish paternity under Minn.Stat. §§ 257.51-.74, the Parentage Act. The trial court dismissed the proceeding to establish parental rights on the basis that because respondent failed to timely file the affidavit “his parental rights do not and have…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hibbing Education Ass'n v. Public Employment Relations BoardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Meister v. Western National Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- Lenz v. Coon Creek Watershed DistrictSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- In Re Welfare of ZinkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Matter of Paternity of JAVSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996