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RAMSEY COUNTY v. YEE LEE

No. A08-1991.

770 N.W.2d 572 (2009)

RAMSEY COUNTY and State of Wisconsin on behalf of Yer Yang, Appellants, v. YEE LEE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Kathleen A. Gora, Elizabeth C. Henry, Assistant County Attorneys, St. Paul, MN, for appellants.

Sia Lo, Lo and Associates, St. Paul, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by CONNOLLY, Presiding Judge; PETERSON, Judge; and JOHNSON, Judge.

OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

In this action to establish child-support under Minn.Stat. § 256.87 (2008), appellant county argues that (1) the district court abused its discretion when it failed to recognize that a Hmong cultural adoption that occurred in Thailand is a legally valid adoption; and (2) even if the adoption in Thailand is not legally valid, the district court erred by failing to extend the doctrine of equitable adoption to this case, and this...

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