In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: L. K. and A. S., Parents

Citations

• 9 N.W.3d 174

Syllabus

1. For purposes of a petition for third-party custody, a person is not excluded from the definition of \interested third party\ in Minnesota Statutes section 257C.01, subdivision 3 (2022), on the ground that the person is a former foster parent of a child. 2. The placement preferences in Minnesota Statutes section 260.773, subdivision 3 (Supp. 2023), which favor Indian persons and other placements approved by an Indian tribe, do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded; motion denied.