Minnesota Adoption Law
Permits single GLBT individuals to petition to adopt? Yes.
Minnesota law allows any adult resident to petition to adopt. (MINN. STAT. ANN. § 259.22)
Permits a same-sex couple to jointly petition to adopt? No explicit prohibition.
State law does not directly speak to the issue, and no state court has heard the issue of whether same-sex couples can or can not jointly petition to adopt.
Permits a same-sex partner to petition to adopt partner’s child or child of the relationship? No explicit prohibition.
There is no explicit prohibition, but no state court has heard the issue of whether a same-sex partner can or can not petition to adopt a partner’s child or child of the relationship.
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Last Updated: 1/22/2008