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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA In the Matter of the Petition of _______________________________________ and ____________________________________ his wife to adopt ___________________________________
(name desired by adoptive parents)

DISTRICT COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

FINDINGS OF FACT CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT
Court File Number: _____________________ D.H.S. #______________________________

The above-entitled action, being one for adoption, came duly on for hearing and was heard before the undersigned, one of the Judges of the above-entitled Court on the ___________________________________ day of ____________________________, 20_____, and was heard in closed Court. ________________________________ appeared as attorney for the petitioners, and the Court having been fully advised in the premises, finds as follows:

FINDINGS OF FACT I.
That the petitioners are husband and wife, and were married to each other on the ______________________ day of __________________________________, ________, at ________________________________________; That their full and true names are ________________________________________ and _____________________ ____________________________________ and that they are ______________ and _____________ years of age respectively.

II.
That the petitioners have resided in the State of Minnesota for more than one year immediately preceeding the filing of the petition in this action.

III.
That petitioners acquired physical custody of the child described in the exhibits on file in this action from _____________________________________________, an agency licensed to place children for adoption, on the _____________________ day of _____________________________, ____________, and that said child has lived in petitioner's home since said date, which is a period of at least three months prior to the filing of this petition.

IV.
That said child was born on the _______________________ day of ________________________________, _______ in the _________________ of ______________________________, State of _________________________ and that a certified copy of the original birth certificate of said child is on file in this matter and the natural mother of said child is _____________________________________________________ and the natural father of said child is _____________________________________________________.

V.
That the report of the Commissioner of Human Services has been duly presented and considered by the Court and the Commissioner of Human Services has approved the adoption of said child by petitioners and that all other persons required by law to consent to said adoption have properly executed and filed such consents.

VI.
That the home and child are suited to each other and that petitioners are fit and proper persons to have said child with reference to the suitability of their home and characters and financial standings, and that it is to the best interests of said child that ____he be adopted by said petitioners.

VII.
That all of the allegations contained in the petition on file herein have been fully proven.

VIII.
That the name of said child should be changed to ____________________________________ and to all legal intents and purposes, said child should be the child of petitioners for the purposes in lawful wedlock. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. That said child, __________________________________________, born on the ______________________ day of ______________________________________________, _________, in the ____________________ of _____________________________, State of __________________________________, whose natural mother is ___________________________________ and whose natural father is __________________________________, should be from this date to all legal intents and purposes, the child of the petitioners, _______________________ ___________________________________ and __________________________________, that the name of said child should be changed to _______________________________________________, and that a decree of adoption should issue.

LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.

Dated_____________________________

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Judge of District Court