1997 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. 

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