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518D.305 REGISTRATION OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.
(a) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in
this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the district
court in this state:
(1) a letter or other document requesting registration;
(2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered, and
a statement under penalty of perjury that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person
seeking registration the order has not been modified; and
(3) except as otherwise provided in section 518D.209, the name and address of the person
seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody or
visitation in the child custody determination sought to be registered.
(b) On receipt of the documents required by paragraph (a), the registering court shall:
(1) cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one copy of any
accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; and
(2) serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to paragraph (a), clause (3), and provide
them with an opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this section.
(c) The notice required by paragraph (b), clause (2), must state that:
(1) a registered determination is enforceable as of the date of the registration in the same
manner as a determination issued by a court of this state;
(2) a hearing to contest the validity of the registered determination must be requested within
20 days after service of notice; and
(3) failure to contest the registration will result in confirmation of the child custody
determination and preclude further contest of that determination with respect to any matter that
could have been asserted.
(d) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order must request a hearing
within 20 days after service of the notice. At that hearing, the court shall confirm the registered
order unless the person contesting registration establishes that:
(1) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under sections 518D.201 to 518D.210;
(2) the child custody determination sought to be registered has been vacated, stayed, or
modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under sections 518D.201 to 518D.210; or
(3) the person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in
accordance with the standards of section 518D.108, in the proceedings before the court that
issued the order for which registration is sought.
(e) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made, the
registration is confirmed as a matter of law and the person requesting registration and all persons
served must be notified of the confirmation.
(f) Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and
hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been
asserted at the time of registration.
History: 1999 c 74 s 5

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