257C.02 APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW; CONSTRUCTION.
(a) Chapters 256, 257, and 518 and sections
524.5-201 to
524.5-317 apply to third-party and
de facto custody proceedings unless otherwise specified in this chapter. De facto or third-party
child custody proceedings concerning an Indian child are child custody proceedings governed by
the Indian Child Welfare Act, United States Code, title 25, sections 1901 to 1963; by the Minnesota
Indian Family Preservation Act, sections
260.751 to
260.835; and by this chapter when not
inconsistent with the Indian Child Welfare Act or the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act.
(b) Nothing in this chapter relieves a parent of a duty to support the parent's child. A
preexisting child support order is not suspended or terminated when a third party takes custody
of a child unless otherwise provided by court order. A de facto or third-party custodian has a
cause of action against a parent for child support under section
256.87, subdivision 5, and the
public authority has a cause of action against a parent for child support under section
256.87,
subdivision 1
.
(c) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the establishment of parentage under chapter 257.
History: 2002 c 304 s 2; 2004 c 146 art 3 s 30