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IN RE ADOPTION OF M.T.S.

No. C3-92-290.

489 N.W.2d 285 (1992)

In re the ADOPTION OF M.T.S., a Minor.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

September 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ellenbecker, St. Cloud, for appellant Guardian Ad Litem.

Karla A. Krueger, St. Cloud Area Legal Services, St. Cloud, for respondent P.S.

Mark G. McKeon, Cold Spring, for respondent Delores Nelson.

Peter W. Cannon, Mahnomen, for respondent Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

William R. Kennedy, Hennepin County Public Defender, Peter W. Gorman, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Hennepin County Public Defender.

Shirley M. Cain, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Upper Midwest American Indian Center.

Janet C. Werness, SMRLS, St. Paul, for amicus St. Paul American Indian Center.

Considered and decided by SHORT, P.J., and FORSBERG and SCHUMACHER, JJ.

OPINION

FORSBERG, Judge.

The trial court granted the adoption petition of respondent grandmother P.S. to adopt M.T.S., an Indian child, and denied the adoption petition of M.T.S.'s white foster family. The guardian ad litem appeals, arguing the trial court failed to apply Minnesota's best interests of the child standard. We affirm.

FACTS

M.T.S. was born on August 18, 1987. He is one-quarter Chippewa Indian and is eligible for enrollment...

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