Third-Party Custody and Grandparent Visitation

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Do-It-Yourself Forms

Welcome! The Minnesota Courts have forms for requesting or changing child custody or parenting time, and for responding to a motion for custody or parenting time.
Source: Minnesota Courts
When you start a court case, or are already involved in a court case, you are generally required to give the other party (the other side) to the case copies of any papers you are…
Source: Minnesota Courts

Helpful Websites

Kinship Caregivers and the Child Welfare System
Author: Child Welfare Information Gateway
Information to help kinship caregivers—including grandparents,aunts and uncles, other relatives, and family friends caring for children—work effectively with
the child welfare system
Keeping Families Connected Minnesota
Author: Keeping Families Connected Minnesota

KFCMN helps relative caregivers navigate legal issues to prevent family separation. Services include legal assistance via a hotline for urgent issues, legal consultation by appointment, community-based legal clinics and direct legal representation in complex cases. KFCMN is available to help prevent child protection intervention and when there is an open case.