· 10/31/1996
In Re the Adoption of C.H.
Citations
- 554 N.W.2d 737
- 1996 Minn. LEXIS 752
- 1996 WL 628203
How courts have described this case
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- approving best-interests factor analysis of application of biological family preference to resolve competing adoption petitions between foster parents and biological relatives
- approving best-interests factor analysis of application of biological family preference to resolve competing adoption petitions between foster parents and biological relatives
- upholding the district court’s decision where the court’s “detailed findings of fact [were] well substantiated by the evidence and thoroughly supported] its conclusion”
- “[T]he [relative] preference is not to be applied so as to override the overall best interests of the child.”
- \[T]he [relative] preference is not to be applied so as to override the overall best interests of the child.\
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Judges: Coyne, Stringer
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