1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to child support; providing that certain 
  1.3             judgments are permanent; eliminating a renewal 
  1.4             requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 
  1.5             548.09, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
  1.6             2002, section 548.091, subdivision 3b. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 548.09, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [ENTRY AND DOCKETING; SURVIVAL OF 
  1.11  JUDGMENT.] Except as provided in section 548.091, every judgment 
  1.12  requiring the payment of money shall be entered by the court 
  1.13  administrator when ordered by the court and will be docketed by 
  1.14  the court administrator upon the filing of an affidavit as 
  1.15  provided in subdivision 2.  Upon a transcript of the docket 
  1.16  being filed with the court administrator in any other county, 
  1.17  the court administrator shall also docket it.  From the time of 
  1.18  docketing the judgment is a lien, in the amount unpaid, upon all 
  1.19  real property in the county then or thereafter owned by the 
  1.20  judgment debtor, but it is not a lien upon registered land 
  1.21  unless it is also filed pursuant to sections 508.63 and 
  1.22  508A.63.  The judgment survives, and the lien continues, for ten 
  1.23  years after its entry~~.~~, except that child support judgments ~~may~~ 
  1.24  ~~be renewed pursuant to section 548.091~~ survive until they are 
  1.25  satisfied. 
  1.26     Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.1      Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 548.091, subdivision 3b, 
  2.2   is repealed.