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Minn. Stat. § 257.025

CUSTODY AND PARENTING TIME DISPUTES.

Known as the Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 257–257 (51 sections).

Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Larson v. Dunn (1990)

Most recently applied in In Re Custody of NAK (August 2002)

1974 c 330 s 1; 1980 c 589 s 29; 1990 c 574 s 2; 1992 c 557 s 1; 2015 c 30 art 1 s 1; 2024 c 101 art 1 s 1

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) In any custody or parenting time proceeding involving unmarried parents, the court shall consider section 518.175 and evaluate all relevant factors in section 518.17, subdivision 1 , to determine the best interests of the child.

(b) The fact that the parents of the child are not or were never married to each other shall not be determinative of the custody and parenting time of the child.

(c) A person may seek custody of a child by filing a petition or motion pursuant to section 518.156 .

(d) Section 518.619 applies to this section.

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.