Opinion
ADM10-8041
08-30-2019
ORDER PROMULGATING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF JUVENILE PROTECTION PROCEDURE
In an order filed on May 13, 2019, amendments to the Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure were adopted, with the rules as amended effective September 1, 2019. Included in the rules as amended by the May 13 order is Rule 59 of the Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure, which addresses the reestablishment of the legal parent and child relationship.
The Legislature amended Minnesota Statutes § 260C.329 (2018), effective August 1, 2019, to allow a parent whose parental rights have been terminated to file a petition to reestablish the legal parent and child relationship. See Act of May 6, 2019, ch. 14, § 1 (codified at Minn. Stat. § 260C.329, subd. 3 (Supp. 2019)). Thus, an amendment to Rule 59 of the Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure, for consistency with Minnesota Statutes § 260C.329, subd. 3, as amended by the 2019 Legislature, is appropriate.
Based on all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Rule 59 of the Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure is amended by adding the phrase underlined below:
A petition for reestablishment of the legal parent and child relationship may be filed by the county attorney, or parent whose parental rights were terminated, under the Family Reunification Act of 2013, Minn. Stat. § 260C.329. The petition shall be reviewed by the court, and the resulting order processed by court administration, as provided in Minn. Stat. § 260C.329.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Rule 59 as amended by this order shall apply to all cases pending on, or filed on or after, September 1, 2019.
Dated: August 30, 2019
BY THE COURT:
/s/
Lorie S. Gildea
Chief Justice