Legal Opinion
In Re the Welfare of D.L.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 12, 1992No. C7-91-1173PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDEBRING, Justice.
This case involves the adoption of 2-year-old D.L., who has lived with her foster parents since four days after her birth in July 1989. The foster parents and D.L.’s maternal grandparents both filed petitions to adopt the child after the parental rights of D.L.’s natural mother and father were terminated. The trial court granted the grandparents’ petition, based on the family preference for adoption of minority children expressed in Minn.Stat. § 259.28, subd. 2 (1990). 1 The court of appeals held the statute unconstitutional, but affirmed the trial court’s result, based on…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Delaney v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Uselman v. UselmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- In Re TvetenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
- Wallin v. WallinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- State v. HammSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
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3Cited by23 opinions
- NAPOLEON S. v. WalkerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2005
- Olson v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- In re Petition to Adopt S.T.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
- Domtar, Inc. v. Niagara Fire Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1996
- Walker v. ZuehlkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
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