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Adoption Information Packet
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Answers to your questions about
adoption
People have many questions
about adoption. This booklet
provides some answers about
adoption procedures to birth parents
and adoptive parents. It also includes
a list of licensed adoption agencies
and other organizations that support
adoption in Minnesota. County social
service agencies and licensed adoption
agencies can provide more specific
information about adoption.
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Completing an
Adoption
in Minnesota:
The Rights and Responsibilities of Birth Parents,
Prospective Adoptive Parents and Adoption Agencies
This booklet explains the legal process for adoption in Minnesota. It also reviews the
responsibilities of birth parents, adoptive parents and agencies in completing
an adoption.
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Adoption Process
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Readiness to Adopt Self-Survey
Double-click on the login-form graphic on the left, and open up the website where the survey is located.
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Meet Minnesota’s Waiting Children
We have been waiting is published twice yearly. It highlights specific groups wait-
ing for adoptive families such as siblings, teenagers or medically fragile children.
Produced by Minnesota Adoption Resource Network (MARN) and made possible
through a grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, copies of
this booklet can be found at public and private adoption agencies, most public
libraries throughout the state and on the MARN Web site at: www.mnadopt.org.
Visit this site to learn about more waiting children, to access general information
about special needs adoption, and to view statewide listings of orientation and
training sessions. Or call MARN at (612) 861-7115.
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Interested in pre-adoption orientation or training? See the training sessions available here.
Another key resource: Minnesota Department of Human Services (Adoption).
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