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IN RE ADOPTION OF C.H.

No. C0-96-62.

554 N.W.2d 737 (1996)

In re the ADOPTION OF C.H. and In re the ADOPTION OF A.H.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Debele, Minneapolis, for John and Marie Cummings.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, St. Paul, Julie K. Harris, Robert V. Sauer, Assistant Attorneys General, for Commissioner of Human Services.

James Reuter, Chisago County Attorney, Center City, Alfred S. Alliegro, Assistant Chisago County Attorney, for Chisago County.

Kenneth J. Jacobs, Forest Lake, for Thomas and Alesia Hunter and Samuel and Lorraine Holmes.

Timothy Peterson, Lindstrom, for guardian ad litem.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

STRINGER, Justice.

This matter involves the competing adoption petitions of the foster parents and the biological relatives of the minor children C.H. and A.H.. After a seven-day trial, the district court concluded that it was in the best interests of the children to grant the adoption petition of the foster parents subject to visitation rights in favor of the children's relatives — an arrangement commonly referred to as an "open adoption...

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