1997 Minnesota Statutes

     518A.01 Purposes. 

    Subdivision 1.  The general purposes of sections 518A.01 to 
 518A.25 are: 

    (a) To avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict with 
 courts of other states in matters of child custody and to 
 promote cooperation with the courts of other states so that a 
 custody decree is rendered in the state which can best decide 
 the case in the best interest of the child; 

    (b) To deter abductions and other unilateral removals of 
 children undertaken to obtain custody awards; 

    (c) To avoid relitigation of custody decisions of other 
 states in this state insofar as feasible, and to facilitate the 
 enforcement of custody decrees of other states; 

    (d) To promote and expand the exchange of information and 
 other forms of mutual assistance between the courts of this 
 state and those of other states concerned with the same child; 
 and 

    (e) To make uniform the law of those states which enact it. 

    Subd. 2.  Sections 518A.01 to 518A.25 shall be construed to 
 promote the general purposes stated in this section. 

    HIST: 1977 c 8 s 1