Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 161 > EFFECTS OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services unless otherwise indicated in this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 260E.03
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Family assessment: means a comprehensive assessment of child safety, risk of subsequent maltreatment, and family strengths and needs that is applied to a maltreatment report that does not allege sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment. See Minnesota Statutes 260E.03
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Investigation: means fact gathering conducted during:

  (1) a family investigation related to the current safety of a child and the risk of subsequent maltreatment that determines whether maltreatment occurred and whether child protective services are needed; or

  (2) a facility investigation related to duties under section 260E. See Minnesota Statutes 260E.03

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Maltreatment: means any of the following acts or omissions:

  (1) egregious harm under subdivision 5;

  (2) neglect under subdivision 15;

  (3) physical abuse under subdivision 18;

  (4) sexual abuse under subdivision 20;

  (5) substantial child endangerment under subdivision 22;

  (6) threatened injury under subdivision 23;

  (7) mental injury under subdivision 13; and

  (8) maltreatment of a child in a facility. See Minnesota Statutes 260E.03

• Noncaregiver sex trafficking assessment: is a comprehensive assessment of child safety, the risk of subsequent child maltreatment, and strengths and needs of the child and family. See Minnesota Statutes 260E.03
• Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Report: means any communication received by the local welfare agency, police department, county sheriff, or agency responsible for child protection pursuant to this section that describes maltreatment of a child and contains sufficient content to identify the child and any person believed to be responsible for the maltreatment, if known. See Minnesota Statutes 260E.03
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44