2010 Minnesota Statutes

518C.701 PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE.

(a) A tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, or under a law or procedure substantially similar to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.

(b) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this state shall apply the Parentage Act, sections 257.51 to 257.74, and the rules of this state on choice of law.

History:

1994 c 630 art 7 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 71