A parent-child relationship exists between an adoptee and the adoptee's adoptive parent or parents.
For purposes of subdivision 1:
If, after a parent-child relationship is established between a child of assisted reproduction and a parent under section 524.2-120, the child is in the process of being adopted by the parent's spouse when that spouse dies, the child is treated as adopted by the deceased spouse for the purpose of subdivision 2, clause (2).
An individual is "in the process of being adopted" if there exists clear and convincing evidence of the intention of the deceased spouse to adopt that individual.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-118
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