256N.25 AGREEMENTS.Northstar Kinship Assistance and Adoption Assistance Agreement • October 30th, 2020
Subdivision 1. Agreement; Northstar kinship assistance; adoption assistance. (a) In order to receive Northstar kinship assistance or adoption assistance benefits on behalf of an eligible child, a written, binding agreement between the caregiver or caregivers, the financially responsible agency, or, if there is no financially responsible agency, the agency designated by the commissioner, and the commissioner must be established prior to finalization of the adoption or a transfer of permanent legal and physical custody. The agreement must be negotiated with the caregiver or caregivers under subdivision 2 and renegotiated under subdivision 3, if applicable.
