Minnesota Session Laws - 1992, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1992 

                        CHAPTER 529-H.F.No. 1738 
           An act relating to family law; modifying the 
          requirements for a person other than a parent who 
          seeks child custody or visitation; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1990, section 518.156, subdivision 1. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 518.156, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  In a court of this state which has 
jurisdiction to decide child custody matters, a child custody 
proceeding is commenced: 
    (a) by a parent 
    (1) by filing a petition for dissolution or legal 
separation; or 
    (2) where a decree of dissolution or legal separation has 
been entered or where none is sought, by filing a petition or 
motion seeking custody or visitation of the child in the county 
where the child is permanently resident or where the child is 
found or where an earlier order for custody of the child has 
been entered; or 
    (b) by a person other than a parent, where a decree of 
dissolution or legal separation has been entered or where none 
is sought by filing a petition or motion seeking custody or 
visitation of the child in the county where the child is 
permanently resident or where the child is found or where an 
earlier order for custody of the child has been entered.  A 
person seeking visitation pursuant to this paragraph must 
qualify under one of the provisions of section 257.022.  
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.] 
    Section 1 is effective August 1, 1992, for visitation 
petitions or motions pending or filed on or after that date. 
    Presented to the governor April 17, 1992 
    Signed by the governor April 24, 1992, 4:08 p.m.