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     257B.03 Designator. 

    (a) A parent with legal and physical custody or a legal 
 custodian may designate a standby or temporary custodian by 
 means of a written designation unless the child has another 
 legal parent: 

    (1) whose parental rights have not been terminated; 

    (2) whose whereabouts are known; and 

    (3) who is willing and able to make and carry out the daily 
 custodial care and make decisions concerning the child. 

    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a parent or legal 
 custodian may designate a standby or temporary custodian with 
 the consent of the other parent, or as provided by section 
 257B.05, subdivision 6. 

    (c) A legal custodian pursuant to a designation of 
 temporary custodianship may not designate a different temporary 
 custodian. 

    HIST: 2000 c 404 s 4 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.