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MATTER OF WELFARE OF D.L.

No. C7-91-1173.

486 N.W.2d 375 (1992)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF D.L.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart R. Perry, Shawn M. Perry, Shane C. Perry, Perry, Perry & Perry, Wayzata, for appellant.

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., William A. Neiman, Nancy K. Jones, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for Hennepin County.

Robert Lewis Barrows, Steven L. Belton, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, for grandparents.

Wright S. Walling, George T. Stephenson, Walling & Berg, P.A., Minneapolis, for guardian ad litem.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., David P. Iverson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Minnesota Dept. of Human Services.

Howard A. Knutson, Knutson, Stier, Ilstrup & Knutson, Burnsville, for NAACP, amicus curiae.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

GARDEBRING, Justice.

This case involves the adoption of 2-year-old D.L., who has lived with her foster parents since four days after her birth in July 1989. The foster parents and D.L.'s maternal grandparents both filed petitions to adopt the child after the parental rights of D.L.'s natural mother and father were terminated. The trial court granted the grandparents' petition, based on the family preference for adoption of minority children expressed in Minn.Stat...

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